Resilient support foot for walking aids, particularly crutches
AssigneeS & F Orthopadietechnik GmbH
InventorXaver Frank
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Abstract
A support foot for walking aids, in particular crutches is presented, comprising a sole body which is fixed to a support plate anchored in articulated fashion to the support shaft. The support plate comprises a bordering skirt embodied as a universal plug socket to receive a standardized guide section of different sole bodies which are secured releasably in the bordering skirt by locking pins penetrating the same. The design of the support foot is such that it gives the handicapped a degree of safety unattained before and, furthermore, permits a conventional walking aid to be modified at very little expenditure for the handicapped so that it will be adapted in optimum manner to the respective surroundings.
Claims32
A resilient support foot for a walking aid comprising:
- a resilient sole body having a first surface for establishing contact with the ground;
- a support plate having a bordering skirt and a support plate face, the sole body being loosely fitted within the skirt, the skirt providing lateral support for the sole body;
- a second sole body surface remote from the first surface cooperating with the plate face to support the sole body;
- universal joint means for linking the support plate to a support shaft of the walking aid;
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- fastening means for releasably securing the sole body within the skirt, the fastening means penetrating through the skirt and through the sole body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.