Automatic direction-correcting apparatus for a cane

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PATENT NO 9681714
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15349034

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A cane includes a tube and a direction-correcting apparatus including a sleeve, a gasket, a pad unit and a connector unit. The sleeve receives the tube and includes an annular shoulder on an internal face. The gasket is inserted in the sleeve. The pad unit includes a dome in contact with the gasket, an aperture in the dome, and a flat face around the aperture. The connector unit includes a threaded bolt, a nut engaged with the threaded bolt and connected to the tube, and a spring compressed between the nut and the annular shoulder. The threaded bolt includes a head at an end of the shank. The shank is inserted in the sleeve via the aperture of the pad unit. The head includes a flat upper face for contact with the flat face of the dome when the head is inserted in the dome.

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SUPERIOR MECHANICAL SOLUTIONS CORP3F-1 NO 357 YONGCHUN E ROAD TAICHUNG 40855

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Yeh, Heng-Wei Taichung, TW 1 10

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