US 12,185,805 B1
Cane apparatus
Mark A. Flannery, Longboat Key, FL (US); Kasey L. Pipo, Elko New Market, MN (US); and William D. Butterfield, River Falls, WI (US)
Assigned to Regalo International, LLC, Burnsville, MN (US)
Filed by Regalo International, LLC, Burnsville, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/096,384.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/299,880, filed on Jan. 14, 2022.
Int. Cl. A45B 9/04 (2006.01); A45B 9/02 (2006.01); A45B 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45B 9/04 (2013.01) [A45B 9/02 (2013.01); A45B 2009/007 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cane apparatus, comprising:
a) a cane portion, the cane portion having a proximal end section with a handle, the cane portion further having a distal end section;
b) a base portion, the base portion receiving and engaging the distal end section of the cane, the base portion having a base face;
c) a platform portion, the platform portion being pivotally engaged to the base portion, the platform portion having first, second, and third faces, the platform portion being pivotable to an up position where the first face of the platform portion and base face of the base portion define a plane, the platform portion being pivotable to a down position where the second face of the platform portion and base face of the base portion define a plane, the third face of the platform portion being opposite of the second face of the platform portion and being stepped upon by the user when the platform portion is in the down position, the first face of the platform portion being disposed transversely to each of the second and third faces of the platform portion;
d) the base face of the base portion and the first face of the platform portion making contact with a ground surface when the platform portion is in the up position and when the cane apparatus is used for walking; and
e) the base face of the base portion and the second face of the platform portion making contact with the ground surface when the platform portion is in the down position and when the platform portion is used to assist the user when the user is climbing or descending a change in height of the ground surface.