Patent ID: 8176927

Claim:
A walking stick, comprising a main body, a socket and a pivot connector, the main body being of an elongated stick and connecting to the socket through the pivot connector, and a sphere being inside the pivot connector, wherein a sliding-proof elastic element locates between a bottom of the main body and the sphere; the sliding-proof elastic element is an elastic washer and a magnet, the elastic washer has an arced recess at its bottom in contact with the sphere, and the magnet locates above the elastic washer; the sliding-proof elastic element and the sphere are mounted inside the pivot connector; the socket has a plurality of legs and a central threaded hole, a bottom of the sphere has a spiral stud extending through the pivot connector to engage with the central threaded hole; the sphere rotates inside the pivot connector as the socket moves, while being kept urged against the sliding-proof elastic element.