Separable quad cane assembly and method of nesting and packaging the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11026487-B2
Application number	US-201916380900-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 10, 2019
Priority date	Jan 15, 2019
Publication date	Jun 8, 2021
Grant date	Jun 8, 2021

Abstract

A package (200) for a selectively separable quad cane assembly can include an enclosed rectangular box (500), with a front face (201) defining an aperture (224) that is centrally located along a height (225) of the front face and offset from a medial line (227) defined by the front face. An upper face (205) can define a two-sided aperture (222) at a corner of the upper face, while a lower face (206) defines a peninsular aperture (221) that is centrally located along an edge (223) of the lower face. In the package, the aperture can concentrically circumscribe an a cane-receiving conduit (125) of a quadspider (221) of the cane, while an apex (501) of a gooseneck (108) of the cane is aligned with the two-sided aperture of the upper face and the lower leg is aligned with the peninsular aperture of the lower face.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A package for a selectively separable quad cane assembly,
the package comprising:
a box, comprising:
a front face;
a rear face;
a first side face;
a second side face;
a upper face; and
a lower face;
wherein:
the front face defines an aperture that is centrally located along a height of the front face, and offset from a medial line defined by the front face;
the upper face defines a two-sided aperture at a corner of the upper face; and
the lower face defines a peninsular aperture that is centrally located along an edge of the lower face; and

a separable quad cane assembly at least partially enclosed by the box.

2. The package of claim 1 , further comprising a hang flap extending distally from the rear face.

3. The package of claim 2 , further comprising a hang flap reinforcer extending distally from the hang flap.

4. The package of claim 3 , the hang flap defining a hanging mount aperture, the hang flap reinforcer defining another hanging mount aperture, the another hanging mount aperture comprising a mirror image of the hanging mount aperture about a double fold line defined between the hang flap and the hang flap reinforcer.

5. The package of claim 4 , wherein the hang flap reinforcer is folded along the double fold line such that the hanging mount aperture and the another hanging mount aperture overlap.

6. The package of claim 1 , wherein the first side face is coupled to the rear face at a first fold line, and is coupled to the front face at a second fold line.

7. The package of claim 6 , wherein the second side face is coupled to the front face at a third fold line.

8. The package of claim 7 , further comprising one or more flaps extending distally from the second side face, wherein an edge of the rear face defines one or more insertion slits.

9. The package of claim 1 , the separable quad cane cane assembly comprising a quadspider having a substantially planar plate abutting an interior surface of the front face.

10. The package of claim 9 , wherein the quadspider comprises a cane-receiving conduit disposed along the substantially planar plate, wherein the aperture concentrically circumscribes the cane-receiving conduit.

11. The package of claim 10 , further comprising an upper portion of a cane placed atop and across a bottom of the quadspider.

12. The package of claim 11 , wherein the upper portion of the cane comprises a gooseneck having an apex aligned with the two-sided aperture of the upper face.

13. The package of claim 12 , wherein the upper portion of the cane comprises a lower leg telescopically engaging an upper leg, wherein the lower leg is aligned with the peninsular aperture of the lower face.

14. A package and a selectively separable quad cane assembly, the package comprising:
an enclosed rectangular box, comprising:
a front face defining an aperture that is centrally located along a height of the front face and offset from a medial line defined by the front face;
an upper face defining a two sided aperture at a corner of the upper face; and
a lower face defining a peninsular aperture that is centrally located along an edge of the lower face; and

the selectively separable quad cane assembly comprising:
an upper portion defining a gooseneck and a lower leg telescopically engaging an upper leg; and
a quadspider comprising a cane-receiving conduit disposed along a substantially planar plate;

wherein:
the aperture concentrically circumscribes the cane-receiving conduit;
an apex of the gooseneck is aligned with the two-sided aperture of the upper face; and
the lower leg is aligned with the peninsular aperture of the lower face.

15. The package of claim 14 , further comprising at least one hang flap extending from a side of the enclosed rectangular box.

16. The package of claim 15 , the at least one hang flap defining one or more apertures, further comprising a retention device passing through the one or more apertures and retaining the gooseneck against the hang flap.

17. The package of claim 14 , the upper leg defining a plurality of apertures, the lower leg comprising one or more push buttons that are spring biased outwardly from the lower leg, the one or more push buttons operable to engage an uppermost aperture of the plurality of leg insertion apertures when in a collapsed position where the lower leg is fully inserted into the upper leg, wherein the cane is in the collapsed position.

Assignees

• Medline Ind Inc

Inventors

• Ritter Joseph

Classifications

• B65D73/0078

  the articles being retained or enclosed in a folded-over or doubled card (B65D75/20 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A45B2009/002

  Accessories · CPC title

• A45B2009/007

  of adjustable length, e.g. telescopic shafts · CPC title

• A45B9/02

  Handles or heads · CPC title

• A45B7/005 Primary

  crank-shaped · CPC title