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A cane apparatus adaptable for use as an ordinary walking cane and also having the capability of assisting a person in walking on stairs. A support structure having a foot support platform is releasably mounted adjacent the lower portion of the cane to assist a person in walking up and down steps wh

A cane apparatus adaptable for use as an ordinary walking cane and also having the capability of assisting a person in walking on stairs. A support structure having a foot support platform is releasably mounted adjacent the lower portion of the cane to assist a person in walking up and down steps which might otherwise be too high. The height of the foot-bearing platform surface is designed to be about one-half the height of an average step to reduce the maximum necessary vertical distance between the feet of a person walking on steps to approximately one-half of what it would otherwise be. When the platform is in its lowered position for walking on stairs, the cane shaft is free for limited rotation from the vertical in all directions.

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A walking cane apparatus for assisting a person in walking on generally level surfaces and also on stairs and the like comprising: a cane having a lower end operable to contact a walking surface and having an upper end portion operable to be grasped by a person using the cane apparatus; a support st

A walking cane apparatus for assisting a person in walking on generally level surfaces and also on stairs and the like comprising: a cane having a lower end operable to contact a walking surface and having an upper end portion operable to be grasped by a person using the cane apparatus; a support structure including a platform surface which is operable to receive and support a foot of a person using the cane apparatus when the platform surface is in a first, generally upwardly facing position; and means for attaching the support structure to the cane near its lower end to permit placing the platform surface in its first position and in a second position generally nearer the cane than the first position.