Audible alarm and projection lamp attachment for a walking cane

Claim 1

An attachment for a walking cane, comprising: an elongated hollow casing having opposed side walls, opposed front and rear end walls, and opposed top and bottom walls; said front end wall having an opening to receive a vertical portion of said walking cane, and said rear wall having an opening for a horizontal portion of said cane to protrude therefrom, said casing having internal means for grasping said portion of said cane inserted through said casing; an electrically operable sound emitting alarm device mounted in said casing between said side walls; a lamp means in said casing, said casing having another opening in one of said walls for projecting light from said lamp means out of said casing; manually operable switch means carried by said casing and disposed for manual operation externally of said casing; said switch means having a plurality of switch positions, respectively arranged so that said alarm device and said lamp means may be selectively operated, depending on the particular switch position manually selected for operation; battery means in said casing; circuit means electrically connecting said alarm device, and said lamp means to said battery means, via said switch means for energizing and actuating said alarm device or said lamp means by operation of said switch means; and variable resistance means in said casing connected in circuit with said battery means and said alarm device and arranged to fluctuate the sound emitted by said alarm device for increasing its attention-getting effect.