US923352A - Crutch. - Google Patents

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GRUTOE. MELIMTION FILED JULY 31,1903.

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Application Filed July 31,. i908. Serial No. 303.

Fo all whom 'ii may] concern lie il known that l, Swahili. u citizen oic the United Soiree. Danvers, in the coiiny of iilcliean und Slide ol' illinois, have invented c ein new and useful inproveinenl's in Criichcs, oi which hc following is s spccicoion.

"'lhc preseiri inifciirion relates io certain new :ind useful improvements in crutches :ind more particularly in :i device of ihizs character embodying' :i novel conslrnciion whereby it van he readily ndjnsie io sul* the reonirenienfs or peculiarities .my pe.'- son desiring lo use the slime. dore speciliclilly, `he crnlch embodying the present invention comprises e. hody portion having elle .szidr'llc :djnsiahly connected ihereo so thai the disence between the saddle and the handle may he adjusted lo correspond lo the length of the arm of the person, die body' portion also having novel adjustable means for connecting o legl to ihe lower portion thereof so that *die length of 'the crotch con he varied. A

For :i foil understanding of the invenion and he inefis roei .find also to acquire o, knowledge of the details of constri they Ineens for eilec'ting 'the resiil, l rerence is to had iio the following description :ind accompanying' drawings, in which:

Figure l. is :i eide elevaiion of o crotch ronstrncied in accordance with the inveni'ion, portions 'oeinpr shown in section. Fig. 2 is an enlarged derail 'view or' the leg at 'the lower end of )the crutch. Fig. 3 a horizonel sectional view on 1the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Corresponding and like paris referred lo in tho following description and indicated in all. the viewe of the. drawings by the seine reference chorocrcrs,

Referring (o the drawing, ihe nnnierns l designare die side pieces-oldie crutch, i'ie said side pieces being' conneced nl, an intermediate pointy hy the handle und he portions of the sidepieces below the handle. converging toward cach olher :ind having their extremities recifived within sockefts upon opposiife sides oi c, sleeve -l. This sleeve has :i signore or :ind slidahly mounted within the sleeve is :i 5 the lower end of which may be provided with the usual shoe The body oorA lion or' the leg is lornicd with :i series of P any selected one of transverse openings i which is designed o be engaged by e pin 8 residing :it 1

ion find angular cross section y T. (limewire,

i l l l i l passing transversely hrongh lhe sleeve d.

crutch and hen locked 1n :my desired posi' on hy passing the pin e ihr-oligo the required one of the openings 7.

Threaded Wihin the upper end of the leg is :i screw S) `which passes ihi'ough alors in arms l0 which engage ldie side pieces l ol' he ornch io prevent lateral swinging movementol' the ln the presepi; in-

' inc-e these ii-ins l0 are shown as provided of; their exrernities wih eyes l()a loosely receiving the side pieces, and the two arms 'may loe moved outwardly or drown inwardly to accommodate liliemselves to the downwardly converging lower ends of the side pieces :is the leg is moved up :1nd down. ll; will thus be obvious thabhe length of vthe croch may he zidjnsled as required hy passing ille pin 8 hrough a, selected one of the openings 'the firms l0 will operate e telescopic connection wih the side pieces l' to iidinirf of the saddle being moved up and down for *the purpose of varying the dishince he'fbwcen the saddle and the handle 2. .is shown on the drawing the Lipper ends of the side pieces l have zi tubular formation 'to receive the extensions 12 and are provided wich the set'screws 13 for engaging the extensions :ind locking the saddle in an adjusted position. With ev crutch constructed fis above set forth it will be obvious that the saddle can he moved up :ind down to regulate the distance between the saddle and the handle according to the length of the arm of the person desiring to use the crutch,

:ind the length oi the crutch itself may he n connection with 'die side pieces.

seme, "me said lateral arms 9 hos been tightened to 2. A crutch comprising n body portion l formed with side pieces, n leg sliduhly mounted between the side pieces :md movable up :1nd clown with respect thereof,

5 means for locking the leg in nnndjnsiod position, and lnlernl nrms vnrriwl b v tlw upper end of the leg nml hnving` n pin nml Slot connection lherewith so :is to be moved in and out, the Said lateral arms hnving` n sliding connection with the side pieces. 3Q A crutch comprising a body portioniV formed with side pieces the lower ends of which converge toward each other, a slocve being located at the lower end of these side i 15 pieces and the sleeve beingl 'formed withi lli. Witnesses 1 l O. S. LAAusniN, Conv Yom-nc.

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