Sportsman's lightweight adjustable one legged stool and walking aid

Abstract

A sportsman's lightweight, adjustable, heavy-duty, one legged stool and walking aid includes a pair of telescoping rods, a locking member to secure the rods together, an adjustable seat at an upper end of the pair of telescoping rods, wherein the seat has a handle portion therein, and a tether to secure the stool to the user. The seat may be in the form of a bicycle type seat whereby the handle is formed by a narrow forward end of the seat. The stool, or leaning post, has the seat in an operative position at all times and it need not be unfolded to be utilized.

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RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 562,869 entitled “Sportsman's Lightweight Adjustable One Legged Stool and Walking Aid” filed Apr. 16, 2005.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to a one legged stool, and more particularly, to a sportsman's lightweight, adjustable one legged stool and walking aid. [0004] 2. Brief Description of the Prior Art [0005] There are many situations where a person will stand in a single location where existing seating is not available, such as hunters, fisherman, Birdwatchers, parade spectators, golf spectators, soccer parents, roadway flagmen and so forth. Lightweight, portable seats are well known and come in many shapes and sizes, but have generally proven to be two bulky to be sufficiently portable for all applications. There still is a need for an easily portable seat or support for a person. [0006] In addressing t...

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Benefits of technology

[0008] The above object is achieved with a sportsman's lightweight, adjustable one legged stool and walking aid according to the present invention. The lightweight, adjustable one legged stool and walking aid includes a pair of telescoping rods, a locking member to secure the rods together, an adjustable seat at an upper end of the pair of telescoping rods, wherein the seat has an integral handle portion therein, and a tether to secure the stool to the user. In one embodiment of the invention the seat is in the form of a bicycle type seat whereby the handle is formed by a narrow forward end of the seat. The stool, or leaning post, has the seat in an operative position at all times and it need not be unfolded to be utilized. The present invention is easily utilized by sportsman and others for ease of back pain that can be caused by standing in one location for extended periods of time.

[0010] In another embodiment of the present invention a modified handle of the seat incorporates molded finger grips to assist the user. The stool of the present invention provides advantageous branding opportunities through incorporation of a specified logo on the available portion of the seat, or even on the telescoping rods.

Problems solved by technology

Lightweight, portable seats are well known and come in many shapes and sizes, but have generally proven to be two bulky to be sufficiently portable for all applications.

The existing seat cane designs still require work to deploy and store the seat, and have not been widely used or accepted.

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