IP Library Granted Patent US 12,532,947
Granted Patent B2
US 12,532,947 · App. 18/240,589 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Cane caddy and methods of making and using the same

Inventor: Janet Long Thornton (Columbus, GA)
A45B1/00A45B1/04
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Patent No.
US 12,532,947
App. No.
18/240,589
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cane caddy device is provided. The methods of making and using the cane caddy device are also provided.

Claims (24)

1 . A cane holding device comprising:

a locking clamp;

an extension tube;

a cane holding crescent shape; and

a cane sleeve,

wherein the locking clamp attaches to an article,

wherein the extension tube terminating at one end in the locking clamp and at the opposite end in the cane holding crescent shape,

wherein the extension tube made from two halves having a radially geared mating surface at the location where the halves meet and a threaded locking bolt within the extension tube that allows the halves to be locked together at any desired angle,

wherein the cane holding crescent shape has a removable and replaceable metal member that plugs into one end towards the extension tube,

wherein the cane holding crescent shape, having a plurality of magnetic members fixedly embedded along the inside surface,

wherein the cane sleeve is capable of frictionally sliding onto a standard walking cane, and

wherein the magnetic member and the metal member are held together via magnetic forces.

2 . The cane holding device of claim 1 , wherein the extension tube is a two-piece extension tube.

3 . The cane holding device of claim 1 , wherein the length of the extension tube ranges from about 30 inches to about 40 inches.

4 . The cane holding device of claim 1 , wherein the cane holding crescent shape metal member comprises an iron metal.

5 . The cane holding device of claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the locking clamp ranges from about 0.5 inch to about 15 inch.

6 . The cane holding device of claim 1 , wherein the cane sleeve is made up of a resilient material.

7 . The cane holding device of claim 6 , wherein the resilient material selected from the group consisting of plastic, rubber, silicon, wood, metal, ceramic, leather, fabric, organic material, inorganic material, or organometallic material and combinations thereof.

8 . The cane holding device of claim 1 , wherein the locking clamp is made of a material selected from the group consisting of metal, plastic, wood and combinations thereof.

9 . The cane holding device of claim 1 , wherein the extension tube is made of a material selected from the group consisting of metal, plastic, wood and combinations thereof.

10 . The cane holding device of claim 1 , wherein the article is selected from the group consisting of a wheelchair, a walker, a rollator or a device that needs support and combinations thereof.

11 . The cane holding device of claim 10 , wherein the wheelchair is selected from the group consisting of a manual wheelchair, an electric wheelchair or a power chair and combinations thereof.

12 . The cane holding device of claim 1 , wherein the device can be used at a destination.

13 . The cane holding device of claim 12 , wherein the destination is selected from the group consisting of an airline, an airport, a bus, a train, a ship, a cruise, a hospital, a nursing home, a senior citizen center, a rehabilitation center, a wheelchair manufacturer, or a walker manufacturer and combinations thereof.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63374530 · Sep 2, 2022
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