US 12,697,530 B1Granted

Stilt device with improved leg attachment assembly

AssigneeEmmert Second Limited Partnership

InventorRaymond L. Emmert

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Abstract

A leg attachment assembly for a stilt of the type used to support a user above a base surface. A curved support plate threadingly receives a securement strap used to secure a leg of the user to a leg band of the stilt. A pair of retention walls extend upwardly from a convex outer surface to form an open strap retention channel that extends along the length of the plate. A channel body forms a closed strap retention channel aligned with the open strap retention channel to provide a threading path for the securement strap. The support plate can be slidingly positioned along the strap relative to a leg band of the stilt device. The leg band can also be pivotable and can include a channel body for sliding insertion of the securement strap. A cushioning pad can be affixed to a concave inner surface of the support plate.

Claims22

Dependent claims

An apparatus, comprising:

a curved plate having a convex outer surface, an opposing concave inner surface, and opposing first and second edges;
first and second retention walls that extend upwardly from the convex outer surface to form an open strap retention channel that extends between the first and second edges;
a first channel body formed from third and fourth retention walls that extend upwardly from the convex outer surface and a transversely extending first web portion that extends between the third and fourth retention walls to form a first closed strap retention channel adjacent the first edge of the curved plate;
a second channel body formed from fifth and sixth retention walls that extend upwardly from the convex outer surface and a transversely extending second web portion that extends between the fifth and sixth retention walls to form a second closed strap retention channel adjacent the second edge of the curved plate, wherein the first and second closed strap retention channels are aligned with the open strap retention channel to facilitate sliding passage of a securement strap of a stilt device along a routing path that includes the first and second closed strap retention channels and the open strap retention channel.

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An apparatus comprising:

a leg band affixable to a leg support pole of a stilt device;
a securement strap configured to encircle a leg of a user to secure the leg to the leg band;
and
a support plate configured to threadingly receive the securement strap, wherein:
the leg band comprises:
a curved leg band plate member having a first convex outer surface, a first concave inner surface, and opposing first and second edges;
at least one cushioning pad affixed to the first concave inner surface;
a leg band channel body extending from a medial portion of the first convex outer surface of the curved leg band plate member comprising first and second retention walls which extend upwardly from the first convex outer surface and which are adjoined by a transversely extending first web portion to form a leg band closed strap retention channel to accommodate sliding passage of the securement strap;
and
a bracket assembly comprising first and second ear brackets which extend upwardly from the first web portion to form a u-shaped clevis linkage arrangement with the leg support pole of the stilt device;
and
the support plate comprises:
a curved support plate member having a second convex outer surface, a second concave inner surface, and opposing third and fourth edges;
at least one cushioning pad affixed to the second concave inner surface;
third and fourth retention walls that extend upwardly from the second convex outer surface to form a support plate open strap retention channel that extends between the third and fourth edges;
and
a support plate channel body formed from fifth and sixth retention walls that extend upwardly from the second convex outer surface and which are adjoined by a transversely extending second web portion to form a support plate closed strap retention channel adjacent a selected one of the third or fourth edges and aligned with the open strap retention channel to facilitate sliding passage of the securement strap along a routing path that includes the support plate closed strap retention channel and the support plate open strap retention channel.

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A stilt device of the type having a floor plate, a foot plate supported above the floor plate, a support pole extending upwardly from the foot plate, a leg band affixed to the leg support pole, and a securement strap configured to encircle a leg of a user to secure the leg of the user to the leg band while a foot of the user is supported on the foot plate, the improvement comprising:

a support plate configured to threadingly receive the securement strap to distribute a concentration of force supplied by the securement strap to a side of the leg opposite the leg band, the support plate slidingly positionable along the securement strap relative to the leg band and circumferentially about the leg of the user, the support plate comprising:
a curved support plate member having a convex outer surface;
a first closed strap retention channel extending from the convex outer surface;
a second closed strap retention channel extending from the convex outer surface;
and
an open strap retention channel aligned with the first closed strap retention channel and the second closed strap retention channel to define a routing path for the securement strap that passes through the respective first and second closed strap retention channels and the open strap retention channel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.