Patent ID: 9084458
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: A45B,A61H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for aiding walking along a surface, comprising: a foot to interface with the surface, the foot comprising a rigid housing to resist bending during walking and a plurality of flexible elastomeric footpads separately fastened to a bottom of the rigid housing and configured to flexibly interface with the surface, wherein the rigid housing includes a first housing portion coupled to a second housing portion, wherein at least one pad fastener passes through a corresponding one of the flexible elastomeric footpads and couples the first housing portion to the second housing portion, wherein the at least one pad fastener couples the corresponding one of the flexible elastomeric footpads to the rigid housing; an elastically bendable polymer puck fixed to the foot at an edge of the bendable puck; and a handle coupled to a center portion of the elastically bendable polymer puck via a metallic fastener extending upwardly from the elastically bendable polymer puck along a central axis of the elastically bendable polymer puck, wherein the foot is spaced apart from the handle, with the puck being elastically bendable to permit movement of the handle with respect to the foot during walking.