C-5 Laser Cane

Cane, Laser

Accession Number: 2007.33.41

Description: C-5 laser cane; breaks in half at quick disconnect joint; top half is 1" diameter white enameled crook (3.5" internal diameter, 180 degree turn) with battery compartment in open end, speaker panel in back of crook; base of crook wrapped with red grip tape; white laser unit in front of crook, with three emitters, aimed parallel to cane, 45 degrees to cane, and perpendicular to cane, the down, forward, and up channels; white sliding range switch behind lasers; hole for tactile stimulator and black power switch to right; on bottom of cane is white panel with forward tone switch, volume control, and charging jack; just above quick connect is the receiver unit, three round glass lenses aimed in same direction as the lasers, parallel, 45 degree, and perpendicular; lower half of cane is white enameled 5/8" diameter aluminum tube, 6" of red heat shrink tubing at bottom; friction-fit standard white nylon pencil tip; silver label, "NURION/651 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pa. 19406/Model No. G5 Serial No. G13/Date of Manufacture July 1981".

Height: 52

Width: 1.25

Depth: 5.75

Date Made: 1981

Maker: Nurion-Raycal

Place of Origin: King of Prussia, PA

Collection: AER O&M Division C. Warren Bledsoe Archives

History/Provenance: AER O&M Division C. Warren Bledsoe Archives

Credit Line: Gift of Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired

Subjects: Canes for the blind Orientation and mobility Canes for the blind

Dimension Notes: overall

Made: Nurion-Raycal

Material: Aluminum, glass, plastic, nylon

Updated: 02/24/2015