Lighted walking cane

Claim 1

A WALKING CANE COMPRISING: A TUBULAR SHAFT HAVING RADIALLY INNER AND RADIALLY OUTER PERIPHERAL SURFACES AND FIRST AND SECOND OPENINGS CUT INTO THE TUBULAR SHAFT ADJACENT THE UPPER END THEREOF; HANDLE MEANS INTEGRALLY SECURED TO THE UPPER END OF THE TUBULAR SHAFT; A LAMP SOCKET SUPPORTED BY THE INNER SURFACE OF THE TUBULAR SHAFT ADJACENT THE FIRST OPENING IN THE TUBULAR SHAFT IN A POSITION ANGULARLY INCLINED WITH RESPECT TO THE TUBULAR SHAFT AND A PERPENDICULAR TO THE TUBULAR SHHAFT SO THAT THE OPEN END OF THE SOCKET WILL POINT TOWARD THE GROUND WHEN THE CANE IS HELD VERTICALLY WITH THE LOWER END RESTING ON THE GROUND; LAMP MEANS CARRIED BY THE LAMP SOCKET AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE FIRST OPENING BEYOND THE SHAFT, THE LIGHT FROM THE LAMP MEANS BEING DIRECTED TOWARD THE GROUND; A BATTERY CASING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A PLURALITY OF BATTERIES AND SECURED WITHIN THE LOWER END OF THE TUBULAR SHAFT FOR PROVIDING A HOUSING OF APPROPRIATE SIZE FOR BATTERIES AND FOR PROTECTING BATTERIES, THE BATTERY CASING HAVING AT LEAST AN ANNULAR SIDE WALL AND A TOP MEMBER; A CONTACT POINT CARRIED BY THE TOP MEMBER OF THE BATTERY CASING; A PLUG POSITIONED WITHIN THE LOWER END OF THE TUBULAR SHAFT SO AS TO CLOSE OFF THE LOWER END OF THE SHAFT COMPLETELY; RESILIENT MEANS CARRIED BY THE PLUG AND ADAPTED TO URGE THE BATTERIES UPWARDLY SO AS TO BRING THE UPPER TERMINAL OF THE UPPER BATTERY INTO CONTACT WITH THE CONTACT POINT; WIRING MEANS CONNECTING THE LAMP SOCKET AND LAMP WITH THE CONTACT POINT; A SWITCH INCORPORATING THE WIRING MEANS AND CARRIED BY THE TUBULAR SHAFT ADJACENT THE SECOND OPENING AND EXTENDING AT LEAST PARTIALLY THERETHROUGH, THE SWITCH MEANS BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN POSITIONS ADAPTED TO CONNECTED AND BREAK THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT BETWEEN THE LAMP AND THE BATTERIES; AND A COVER MEMBER SECURED TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE TUBULAR SHAFT, THE COVER MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH PART OF THE SWITCH EXTENDS AND AN OUTWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY PROJECTING ANNULAR LAMP HOUSING FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH THE COVER MEMBER TERMINATING IN A LAMP OPENING, THE LAMP HOUSING EXTENDING BEYOND THE END OF THE LAMP MEANS SO AS TO PREVENT THE CANE USER FROM SEEING THE LAMP MEANS, AND THE AXIS OF THE LAMP MEANS OPENING SUBSTANTIALLY CORRESPONDING WITH THE AXIS OF THE LAMP SOCKET AND THE LAMP MEANS.