Patent ID: 8863764

Claim:
A spike attachment for a walking stick, cane, retrieving stick, or walking assistance device, comprising: an elongated cylindrical steel bar having a curved outer side surface and a top and bottom, the steel bar having a hole that extends from the top of the bar to the bottom of the bar; a steel rod having a diameter of generally the same size as the hole in the bar, the steel rod having a spike at one end, wherein the steel rod is inserted in the hole of the bar such that the spike is exposed at the bottom end of the bar and a void is left above the top of the rod and below the top of the bar, wherein the steel rod is welded entirely about its circumference to the bottom of the bar and at the top of the steel rod in the void, wherein the void is filled with welding material; at least three flat steel straps which are welded circumferentially around the curved outer side surfaces of the steel bar with gaps between the straps, the straps extending upwardly above the top of the steel bar; wherein, the walking stick, cane, retrieving stick, or walking assistance device is inserted between the steel straps and attached to the straps, above the top surface of the steel bar.