Abstract: An atomization assembly includes a heating assembly, a cover, a base and an electrode. The heating assembly includes a heating element and a support. A compartment is disposed on one of the cover and the base and is open towards the other one of the cover and the base. The heating assembly is disposed in the compartment. The heating element is transversely integrated with the top of the support to be supported by the support. The heating assembly is sandwiched between the cover and the base. The heating element includes a main part used for heating and atomizing liquid and an electrical connection part connected to the main part. The electrical connection part is bent from the top of the support to one side of the support. The electrode is in contact with the portion, bent to one side of the support, of the electrical connection part.

Abstract: A heater for a vaporizer with air preheating element includes a casing, a tunnel which is a cylindrical heating chamber for placing a cigarette, a heating element of a resistive type, a heat exchanger, including air channels for circulation and preheating of air by a heater, top end and a bottom end, an air intake hole made in the top end, bottom end or both. Outlet holes are communicated with exits of air channels of the heat exchanger for intake of air preheated by the heater in the tunnel. The casing is made in the form of a tape of a thin-film dielectric heat-resistant material, on which a thin layer of resistive material with contacts is applied on the end of one side, forming the heating element, and on the other side a top and bottom spacers are fixed and inclined toward the middle, as well as the edging, which are made of flexible heat-resistant material.

Abstract: An electronic vaporizer with heating element electrical resistance recording and replay functionality, where the device makes a real-time recording of the electrical resistance of the heating element during operation, and the user is able to select a desirable puff from those recorded for replay. On subsequent puffs, the device control system modifies power delivery to achieve a similar profile of electrical resistance over time. Additionally, an electronic circuit implementing the same functionality.

Abstract: A heating body for an electronic vaporization device having an aerosol-generation substrate is disclosed. The heating body comprises a dense substrate comprising a liquid absorbing surface and a vaporization surface arranged opposite to each other. The dense substrate further comprises a plurality of micropores arranged through the liquid absorbing surface and the vaporization surface. The vaporization surface is a wetting structure that is surface treated. The wetting structure is in communication with the plurality of micropores in a liquid guiding manner.

Abstract: A method of controlling a heater of a device including a removable container that stores a material includes detecting, from the removable container, power information indicating a first operating point and a second operating point; and supplying power to the heater based on the detected power information by, determining a first amount of power based on the first operating point, supplying the first amount of power to the heater during a first operation mode of the heater, determining a second amount of power based on the second operating point, and supplying the second amount of power to the heater during a second operation mode of the heater, the second amount of power being higher than the first amount of power, the device being a non-nicotine e-vaping device or a heat-not-burn aerosol-generating device, the material being a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation or an aerosol-forming substrate.

Abstract: An aerosol provision device is described. One such device includes at least one inductor coil and a heater assembly arranged to receive aerosol generating material. The heater assembly has a first portion defining a heating chamber for receiving aerosol generating material and having a first internal cross section. The first portion is heatable by the at least one inductor coil. The heater assembly also has a second portion adjacent the first portion forming a passage having a second internal cross-section. The second internal cross-section is less than the first internal cross-section. A sealed fluid path is formed between the first and second portions.

Abstract: An aerosol provision device is described. One such device has a heater assembly configured to receive aerosol generating material. The heater assembly has a susceptor which is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field. An inductor coil extends at least partially around the susceptor and generates the varying magnetic field. A support member extends between the susceptor and the inductor coil. An insulating layer extends between the susceptor and the inductor coil.

Abstract: An aerosol provision device is described. One such device comprises a first chassis and an aerosol generating assembly. The aerosol generating assembly includes a heater assembly for receiving an aerosol generating material. The heater assembly comprises a susceptor which is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field. The aerosol generating assembly also has a second chassis extending around the susceptor; and an inductor coil extending around the second chassis, wherein the inductor coil is configured to generate the varying magnetic field. The second chassis comprises a locating arrangement configured to locate the aerosol generating assembly on the first chassis.

Abstract: A heating component for insertion into and vaporization of an aerosol-forming medium includes: a shell, provided with a cavity; a heating medium filled in the cavity for heating in an alternating magnetic field; and a temperature control element accommodated in the cavity and for measuring a temperature. In an embodiment, the temperature control element is at least one of a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) element, a negative temperature coefficient (NTC) element, or a thermocouple.

Abstract: An aerosol-forming apparatus includes: a vaporization assembly having: a liquid storage body with a liquid storage vaporization cavity for storing aerosol-forming substrate; and a heating body for heating and vaporizing the aerosol-forming substrate when power is applied. The heating body is slidably connected to the liquid storage body between a first location and a second location. The heating body is located outside the aerosol-forming substrate when the heating body is located at the first location. At least a part of the heating body protrudes into the aerosol-forming substrate when the heating body is located at the second location.

Abstract: An arrangement for generating an aerosol comprises a vaporiser chamber, a mouthpiece comprising an outlet for the aerosol, and a mixing chamber comprising an air inlet, wherein: an electric heating element for vaporising a liquid to be vaporised is arranged in the vaporiser chamber, wherein the electric heating element is in contact with a wick material configured to supply the liquid to the electric heating element; the vaporiser chamber comprises at least one nozzle arranged in a wall such that a connection is formed by the nozzle between the vaporiser chamber and the mixing chamber such that a liquid in the vaporiser chamber can enter the mixing chamber as a free jet of vapour; and the free jet of vapour is mixed in the mixing chamber with an incoming air flow entering via the air inlet to generate the aerosol, and the aerosol can exit the arrangement via the outlet.

Abstract: This application provides a vapor generation apparatus, a susceptor for a vapor generation apparatus, and a temperature measurement apparatus. The vapor generation apparatus includes: a chamber, a magnetic field generator, and a susceptor. The susceptor includes a sensing part, constructed to at least partially extend in the chamber and including a hollow extending along an axial direction; and a metal base body, located in the hollow of the sensing part and abutting against the sensing part, where a first metal material and a second metal material are connected to the metal base body, and the first metal material and the second metal material are made of different materials, to cause a thermocouple configured to sense a temperature of the sensing part to be formed between the first metal material and the second metal material.

Abstract: An aerosol provision device includes an induction coil for generating a varying magnetic field, and a heater assembly having a heating chamber for receiving at least a portion of an article having aerosolizable material, a base, and a heating element heatable by the induction coil, the heating element protruding into the heating chamber from the base and defining an axis (A), and a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of the heating element, wherein the temperature sensor is positioned in contact with the heating element in the base of the heater assembly and separated from the heating chamber.

Abstract: A pocket bra including a strap assembly, the strap assembly including a chest strap, two shoulder straps, a left cup, and a right cup. Each of the left and right cups define an area to receive a breast of a wearer and further include an inside surface and an outside surface. The strap assembly is attached to the left cup and the right cup, whereby the strap assembly is operable to connect the left cup and the right cup to the wearer. A pocket is formed on each of the two shoulder straps, each pocket including an opening capable of repeated receiving and removal of an item when being worn by the wearer. The pockets are positioned on inside surfaces of the shoulder straps such that they face the wearer when the pocket bra is worn.

Abstract: This invention relates to undergarments for use in active environments, where the wearer of such an undergarment is engaged in an activity that results in accelerating movements. In some preferred embodiments, these undergarments may be athletic or sports bras that redirect momentum related to a wearer's accelerating movements, for example, during exercise.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a garment for being used as a nursing bra and a suitable breast pad that is adapted to be fitted into pad pockets of the nursing bra. The nursing bra is basically made of a seamless knitted fabric and with an attachment of additional second fabric layer to the seamless knitted fabric pad pockets are being formed between the seamless knitted fabric and the second fabric. These pad pockets are accessible from respective openings that are formed in the second fabric at a position suitable for receiving a nipple of a wearer such. Furthermore, the openings are designed so as to allow relatively easy insertion and removal of the breast pad into and from the pad pockets. Thus, when the breast pads are accommodated within the pad pockets, a nipple wearer engages the breast pads such that any leakage of breastmilk is absorbed by the breast pad and the rest of the bra maintains dry.

Abstract: A brassiere including a concealer is provided. The brassiere comprises a body portion configured to at least partially encircle a torso of a wearer of the brassiere. Breast cups comprising a first breast cup and a second breast cup are coupled to the body portion and configured to support breasts of the wearer. Each of the first breast cup and the second breast cup comprise a first layer of fabric and a concealer coupled to the first layer of fabric. The concealer comprises a polymer including a body having a first thickness value at or proximate to a center of the body and a second thickness value at or proximate to a periphery of the body. The first thickness value is greater than the second thickness value. The polymer is screen printed, digitally printed, laser sintered, or extruded onto the first layer of fabric.

Abstract: Some implementations of this disclosure provide an electronically customizable article comprising a fashion article selected from the group consisting of a handbag, a shoe, glasses, a tie, and a bowtie wherein the fashion article comprises an electronic visual display, a processor, a communication interface for communication between the fashion article and a network, and a non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the fashion article to connect to a server over the network, receive data from the server, and display one or more images associated with the data on the electronic visual display.

Abstract: A removable chamois comprising a panel with a face, a backside, a frontside, a right side, and a left side, wherein the backside is wider than the frontside. A pad coupled to the face of the panel. A first waist strap and a second waist strap coupled to the backside of the panel, wherein the distal end of the first waist strap is coupled to a first waist buckle and the distal end of the second waist strap is coupled to a second waist buckle, wherein the first waist buckle is configured to detachably couple to the second waist buckle.

Abstract: A wearable belt device system and portable hand strap system configured to burp a baby. A belt may be adapted to extend around the waist of a wearer or a torso of a wearer. A compressible mound is placed on the baby's adnominal pressure being delivered in order to release gas contained within the baby. A handheld strap may be configured for wear to fit around a palm of a hand of a wearer. A mound may be affixed to the strap and may be adapted to compress an abdomen of a baby thereon.

Abstract: A kneeling support device is disclosed that attaches to a user's leg and extends from the knees down to the instep of the foot to help reduce the amount of pressure on the feet and toes of a user while kneeling. The device comprises a base component that is configured in a curved contour that wraps around the front of a user's leg and foot via hook and loop fasteners. The curved contour of the base component creates a recess on the inner surface of the base component, which contours to a user's leg. The outer surface of the base component comprises at least one padding layer to cushion a user's knees and shins while kneeling. The end of the base component near the foot comprises a cutout component that curves around a user's foot to provide comfort and support to the toes and feet while kneeling.

Abstract: A self-cleaning face covering is provided. The face covering includes a fabric layer having a resisitive heating element disposed on the fabric; and an infrared reflective layer arranged between the fabric layer and an inner surface of the face covering configured to reduce heat transfer to the inner surface. Methods of cleaning the face covering are also provided.

Abstract: A face mask accessory may include a nosepiece and a clip which may be configured to removably secure a face mask there between and to fit over the nose and cheeks of a user. A flap may be provided that may flex onto the user's face when the mask accessory is placed thereon. This flexion may create a hermetic seal between a portion of the user's face above the nosepiece and a portion of the user's face below the nosepiece. The seal may promote airflow through the mask and away from the eyes providing an anti-fogging feature for user's wearing eyewear. The flap may also provide an anti-slip quality preventing the face mask from slipping and rubbing up and down on a user's face while in use. The nosepiece and the clip may be flexible so as to flex while in use to comfortably fit on a user's face.

Abstract: A maintenance-free respirator 10 that includes a mask harness and a mask body 11. The mask body 11 has at least one layer of filter media 56 and has a perimeter 32 that includes an upper segment 34. The upper segment 34 includes first and second concave segments 36, 38 that are located, respectively, on first and second sides of a central plane 40, when viewing the mask body from a top view. A maintenance-free respirator 10 of this configuration is comfortable to wear and can provide a snug fit to a wearer's face, particularly beneath each of the wearer's eyes, while at the same time having an ability to improve compatibility with various protective eyewear.

Abstract: A method for determining geometry of a face mask comprising a main body and a seal configured to engage a nasal region, cheeks and a chin of a user. The method comprises collecting (402) facial data of the user comprising a point cloud comprising a plurality of points on a skin surface in a nasal region, eye region and chin region of the user; determining (406), based on the facial data, in at least one of the eye region and the chin region of the user, an estimated face size of the user; determining (408), based on the facial data comprising the plurality of points in the nasal region, a best-fit Gaussian curve to a profile of a nose of the user; and using the estimated face size of the user and the determined Gaussian curve to select (410) parameters for a profile geometry of the face mask.

Abstract: A personal protective equipment (10) is described, comprising: —a filtering face mask (15) comprising a concave portion (20) adapted to receive part of the face of a user and a filtering septum, and —a support apparatus (55?) for said face mask (15) which is provided with: o a wearable element comprising an adhesive tape (65), and with o a quick coupling device (150?) provided with a first portion (240) and a second portion (161) which are removably fixed to each other and in which the first portion (240) is fixed to the face mask (15) and the second portion (161) is integrally joined with the adhesive tape (65).

Abstract: A face mask, comprising: a left half and a right half; one or more adhesive portions; and one or more release-coating portions; wherein the left half and right half are divided by a center axis; wherein the adhesive portions are strips located along an outer portion of the left half and the right half; wherein the face mask comprises a symmetrical folded configuration and an unfolded configuration; wherein the left half and the right half are configured to releasably engage one another in the symmetrical folded configuration; wherein the left half and the right half are configured to releasably engage a wearer's face in the unfolded configuration.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to safety face shield devices and more particularly to face shield devices comprising a single lens piece that conforms to the curvature at approximately the midpoint of wearer's frontal bone extending bilaterally around the wearer's face towards the temporal bones. In preferred embodiments, the safety face shield devices comprise a single lens piece (i.e., one piece) that is removably, or permanently, attached to a one piece substantially u-shaped supporting frame member through a plurality of attachment points (e.g., press fit tapered knobs). The present face shield protects the wearer's eyes, nose, mouth, and ears from direct as well as arching splashes, sprays, spatters and droplets of various liquid and semiliquid materials, and more particularly, from biological derived materials, liquids, and semiliquid materials, such as saliva, blood, mucus (e.g., nasal discharge and rhinorrhea), urine, and the like.

Abstract: Medical apparatuses for securing, protecting, retaining, and/or concealing various medical devices such as catheters or electrical leads are disclosed herein. The medical apparatus can be a garment which is for use by a patient having a central venous catheter in place. Medical garments as disclosed herein can be used for a wide variety of medical devices attached to a patient, by implantation or otherwise, for varying lengths of time. Medical garments described herein may be used with any of a variety of medical devices which include or comprise one or more conduits used for medical treatment or diagnosis, including conduits which comprise catheters as well as electrical conduits such as electrical leads.

Abstract: The current invention pertains to a novel use of selective adhesives to provide identifying or branding adornments to safety gear. In one potential implementation of the invention, three dimensional insignias are affixed to a helmet by using interlocking heads, loops and hooks, or other selective means of binding the insignia to the helmet. As an added benefit, these insignias provide a controlled fail point in the instance of a crash, absorbing impact and breaking away to prevent the full force of an impact transferring to the helmet itself. Other useful applications include a means for distinguishing multiple individuals wearing visored safety gear, such as helmets commonly used when operating motorsports vehicles, identifying the expressed gender the bearer, or differentiating between multiple racers who are wearing nondescript safety gear.

Abstract: Embodiments of an attachment device for supporting a lighting device or other tool or accessory from a hat or helmet, or a kit including same, are shown and described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a re-usable head gear (100). The re-usable head gear (100) includes a fan and filter assembly (102), a replaceable multi-layered filter assembly (104), air leakage proof housing (106), a fan inlet (108) a strain gauge mechanism (112), a tube housing (114), a head band (116), a neck band (118), a low voltage wiring (120), a micro plug and socket assembly (122), an anti-static wire mesh tape (124), a customized hybrid microcircuit amplifier (128), external speakers (130), high clarity hi-fidelity dual speakers (132), and a microphone (134).

Abstract: A cap ventilation system and a cap including the system are provided. The cap ventilation system includes at least one spacer that when fixed to an interior or a brim of the cap, creates a gap between the interior or brim of the cap and the head of the user. If desired, a plurality of spacers may be spaced about the circumference of the interior or brim to extend the gap about the circumference of the interior or brim.

Abstract: A footwear article, the footwear article including a sock having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end having an opening configured to receive a human foot and the distal end terminating in a curved closed cavity configured to receive a toe portion of the human foot, the distal end and the proximal ended defining an tubular body therebetween, the tubular body having a curved heel portion proximate the opening of the distal end, the heel portion extending to the toe portion forming a sole portion on an underside of the sock and a rubber layer disposed on at least a portion of the underside of the sock.

Abstract: A method and a system for manufacturing a footwear. The footwear includes a footwear upper and a sole. The footwear upper has a lower end. The sole has an upper facing surface, a ground facing surface, and a side surface. The sole side surface includes a lateral side surface and medial side surface. The footwear upper lower end is attached to the side surface of the sole at least partly by a direct injection process of the sole. The direct injection process of the sole is being provided via a mold including at least two side mold parts. method and a system for manufacturing the footwear.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sole structure (1) for luminous footwear, comprising a sole (2) and a self-powered luminous device (3) combined with the sole, wherein the luminous device comprises: n light sources (5) with n>2, a piezoelectric system (6) comprising at least one supporting layer (8) and at least one first piezoelectric layer (9) combined with each other, and connecting means (7) to electrically connect the piezoelectric system to the light sources comprising a first electric cable (10) and a second electric cable (11) which have respective first ends (12, 13) electrically connected to the piezoelectric system, wherein n-m light sources (14, 15), with m>1, are arranged in the luminous device with a given electrical polarity, and m light sources (16) are arranged in the luminous device with an opposite electrical polarity with respect to the given electrical polarity, and wherein the luminous device is without electrical battery.

Abstract: A tightening device for tightening a ski boot includes an elongate panel having a proximal end and a distal end. The elongate panel is positioned about the ski boot's shell between opposing sides of the shell. A tensioning mechanism is coupled with the proximal end of the elongate panel. A tension member is operably coupled with the tensioning mechanism so that an operation of the tensioning mechanism adjusts a tension of the tension member. At least one guide member is coupled with, or positioned on, the proximal end of the elongate panel adjacent to the tensioning mechanism. The tension member is coupled with the guide member to route or direct the tension member between the opposing sides of the shell and along a portion of the elongate panel.

Abstract: A shoe device having a bimodal structure, configured to selectively snap the device to at least one of a second position and a first position, which selectively snaps the shoe into a first position upon being subjected to a first bending force, apt for placement or removal of a foot, and selectively snaps the shoe into a second position upon being subjected to a second bending force, apt for securement of a foot or having no foot. A flexible mid stadium arch structure, with an apex forming a heel notch mechanism, connects to a footbed and sole. A flexible rear stadium arch structure, with an apex forming a shoe collar mechanism, connects to a footbed and sole. The arches can be inverted upon assembly for greater functionality.

Abstract: A shoe midsole composed of a foamed peroxide-crosslinked polyolefin elastomer includes a silane-grafted polyolefin component, an elastomeric component, and additives dispersed in the foamed peroxide-crosslinked polyolefin elastomer. The elastomer component includes one or more elastomeric polymers selected from the group consisting of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, polyolefin elastomers, olefin block copolymer, polyoctenamer, anhydride modified ethylene copolymers, ethylene propylene diene terpolymer, and combinations thereof. The silane-grafted polyolefin component and elastomer component are crosslinked with C—C bonds. Advantageously, the foamed peroxide-crosslinked polyolefin elastomer is substantially free of silane crosslinking as formed and substantially free of water. Characteristically, the additives and one or more elastomeric polymers are in sufficient amount that a melting temperature of crystalline regions in the foamed peroxide-crosslinked polyolefin elastomer is greater than 100° C.

Abstract: Shoe outsoles having anti-infective properties are provided herein, as are methods and materials for making shoes and shoe outsoles having anti-infective properties.

Abstract: A shoe midsole composed of a foamed peroxide-crosslinked polyolefin elastomer includes a silane-grafted polyolefin component and an elastomer component. The elastomer component includes ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer and a component selected from the group consisting of polyolefin elastomers, anhydride modified ethylene copolymers, and combinations thereof. The silane-grafted polyolefin component is crosslinked to the elastomer component with C-C bonds. The foamed peroxide-crosslinked polyolefin elastomer includes a plurality of closed cells. Characteristically, the foamed peroxide-crosslinked polyolefin elastomer is substantially free of silane crosslinking as formed and substantially free of water.

Abstract: A dynamic footwear midsole has an upper layer and a lower layer that are connected by a group of heel slats and a group of forepart slats, each slat being connected at hinge regions to the upper and lower layers. The slats in each group are arranged in generally paralleling planes with the heel slats and forepart slats being arranged to cause one group to collapse as the other group expands. An arch segment is provided at the midportion of the upper layer is constructed and supported by an arch support structure that enables the upper layer and arch support structure to rock, as a unit, about a pivot region at the lower end of the support structure.

Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a fluid filled bladder that is formed from a plurality of coextensive, stacked polymeric sheets. An anti-weld material is disposed between two of the polymeric sheets within a central region of the sheets, the anti-weld material operative to inhibit a first polymeric sheet from being able to thermally fuse with a second polymeric sheet wherever the anti-weld material is present. The first polymeric sheet and the second polymeric sheet are fused together in a peripheral region that surrounds the central region, the peripheral region forming a peripheral flange. At least one of the first polymeric sheet and second polymeric sheet includes a plurality of integrated reinforcing fibers that are operative to increase a modulus of elasticity of the sheet in a direction parallel to the reinforcing fibers.

Abstract: A cushioning structure includes an externally-reinforced bladder, the bladder having a first polymeric sheet and a second polymeric sheet, where each polymeric sheet includes an internal surface and an opposite external surface. A first reinforcing layer is in contact with the external surface of the first polymeric sheet, where the first reinforcing layer has a greater modulus than the first polymeric sheet. A second reinforcing layer is in contact with the external surface of the second polymeric sheet, where the second reinforcing layer has a greater modulus than the second polymeric sheet. The bladder includes an internal volume and a peripheral flange surrounding the internal volume, and the reinforcing layers are only secured to the polymeric sheets at the peripheral flange.

Abstract: A shoe may include a sole and an upper. The upper may have a medial side and a lateral side that each have an edge positioned on opposing side of the shoe's tongue. The upper's medial side and/or the upper's lateral side may include stiffened regions and flexible regions with each stiffened region being disposed between two flexible regions so that the stiffened regions are moveable relative to one another upon tensioning of the medial and lateral sides of the upper. The opposing edges of the upper's medial and lateral sides may be substantially linear or straight prior to tensioning of the upper's medial and lateral sides and may be substantially uneven or nonlinear subsequent to tensioning of the upper's medial and lateral sides due to relative movement of the stiffened regions.

Abstract: A fastening system for an article of footwear includes an upper having inner and outer layers with a fastening mechanism disposed along the inner layer and a plurality of apertures defined along the outer layer. The fastening mechanism includes a fastening member rotatable in first and second directions and a plurality of fastening elements spaced from the fastening member and corresponding with respective apertures. The fastening elements are connected to the fastening member by a connecting element such that, when the fastening member is rotated in the first direction, the fastening elements are simultaneously rotated from a first position toward a second position. The fastening system is moveable between a loosened configuration, in which the fastening elements are in the first position and aligned within respective apertures, and a tightened configuration, in which the fastening elements are in the second position and offset with respect to respective apertures.

Abstract: The present invention has disclosed a magnetically-attracted buckle and a wearable device, which pertain to the technical field of strip-connecting structures. The present invention enables the first buckle and the second buckle to connect with each other by one hand, and the second magnetically-attracted member inserted into the hollow hampers the second buckle from being pulled out of the first buckle, avoiding the second buckle from easily separating from the first buckle.

Abstract: A modular utility tool can include a rigid link element and a flexible strap that is removably securable to the link element. The link element can include a plurality of studs shaped to mate with apertures defined through the flexible strap so that a plurality of constructs can be formed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include an attachment, protector, and/or extender for a pull-tab or zipper pull. The extender may be made out of two elongated tabs or sides from one continuous piece of fabric, leather, or other natural or synthetic material. The material may include a central planar body with a proximal and a distal aperture. The tabs may loop over one another when fully prepared and covering the pull-tab to make a clean and aesthetic look. The looping steps of the first and second elongated tabs provides for receiving the pull-tab of the closure device or zipper at the central planar body of the extender for users operating, while enhancing and protecting the pull-tabs.

Abstract: A mobility aid, in the form of a walking stick, can be used in various configurations. The walking stick can have a grip on an upper end thereof, a foot on a lower end thereof, a wrist strap near the grip, and a height adjustment feature to permit height adjustment of the walking stick. The height adjustment feature can take forms, such as a twist-lock, a pin and hole adjustment, telescoping members, and the like. The foot may include a water treading design to help prevent slippage of the foot on a wet surface.