Lighted Cane With Shock Absorber

Abstract

The present invention is an improvement to the standard disabled person's walking cane. A shock-absorbing system is added to the bottom end of the cane, including a rubberized tip, spacers, and a strong spring to absorb shocks encountered when the cane end encounters solid objects. A sleeve to hold a flashlight with LED bulb pointed towards the ground is also provided, to aid the partially-sighted at night.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An improved shock absorber system for a walking cane,
 the walking cane comprised of multiple sections, the first section of the walking came comprising a handle, the last section of the cane comprising a hollow tube and the end of the cane closest to the ground when in use, the last section containing a shock absorber,   the shock absorber comprising an addition to the hollow last section of the walking cane, the shock absorber comprised of a plunger, a spring, a cane tip housing, and a cane tip, in that order,   the cane tip held loosely in the cane tip housing and the cane tip housing loosely connected to the bottom end of the plunger, allowing a small travel space for the cane tip before it encounters the plunger when the cane tip is pressed from below,   the spring connected loosely to the upper end of the plunger and compressed by the motion of the plunger against the top of the last section of the cane.   
     
     
         2 . An improved shock absorber system for a walking cane, 
       the walking cane comprised of multiple sections, the first section of the walking came comprising a handle, the last section of the cane comprising a hollow tube and the end of the cane closest to the ground when in use, the last section containing a shock absorber,
 the shock absorber comprising an addition to the hollow last section of the walking cane, where the shock absorber is comprised of a plunger, a spring, a cane tip housing, and a cane tip, in that order, where said cane tip is connected loosely to the spring, which in turn is connected loosely to the plunger, which is loosely connected to the top of the last section of the cane, the spring compressed by the motion of the cane tip against the bottom of the plunger. 
 
     
     
         3 . An improved shock absorber system as in  claim 1  where there is an add-on flashlight battery holder for the first section of said cane,
 the flashlight battery holder a hollow, cylindrical receptacle attached fixedly to the first section of the cane, the receptacle diameter sized to accept the body of an off-the-shelf flashlight battery, 
 the flashlight battery holder connected loosely to a slide switch which is connected adjustably to the first section of said cane.