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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Beatty, Apollo, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
135 66 ; 135 68 ; 182187 ; 182120 ; 2481553 ;
Abstract
An attachment for existing crutches includes a foldable mechanism having a knee supporting platform and which is shiftable from a horizontal use position, on the inside of a crutch, to a vertical stowed position. Provision is included for vertical adjustment of the platform whereby a user may easily select either mode of the device when transitioning from a walking to a standing, at-rest position. Alternate knee supporting platform structure is proposed, to accommodate the desires of the user.