ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,476, issued on April 21.
"Multi-functional walking cane and associated use thereof" was invented by Brian Smith (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-functional walking cane includes an elongated rectilinear shaft having a centrally registered longitudinal axis, a handle adjustably coupled to the shaft, and a portable controller removably coupled to the shaft and spaced subjacent to the handle. Advantageously, the controller includes a programmable navigation determining mechanism, and an object-detecting mechanism in communication with the programmable navigation determining mechanism. In this manner, the controller coope...