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