Adjustable hand grip for orthopedic crutch

An adjustable hand grip having a locking member for an orthopedic crutch with a pair of generally parallel, vertical supports rigidly attached to one another, with each of the supports having a plurality of spaced apertures along a longitudinal surface comprising:

• a. a sleeve slidably surrounding each vertical support, each sleeve having an aperture that can be aligned with the apertures in the vertical support;
• b. a bracket extending between the vertical supports to rigidly connect the sleeves;
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• c. a generally U-shaped clamp surrounding a portion of the sleeve with the legs having projections that extend inwardly to bias against the sleeve, the clamp having a pin insertable through aligned apertures in the sleeve and the vertical support and movable into and out of the aligned apertures, the clamp firmly fixing the hand grip to the vertical supports when the pin is extended through the aligned apertures in the sleeve and vertical support;
• and,
• d. stop means on the external surface of the sleeve which the projections on the clamp engage to limit the extent of movement of the clamp when the pin is moved out of the aperture in the vertical support.

An orthopedic crutch comprising:

• a pair of generally parallel, vertical tubular supports rigidly attached to one another, each of said tubular supports having a plurality of spaced apertures along a longitudinal surface;
• an arm surface attached to the upper ends of said vertical supports;
• a hand grip comprising a tubular sleeve surrounding each vertical support and slidable thereover and a bracket extending between the vertical supports rigidly connecting said sleeves, each sleeve having an aperture therethrough alignable with apertures in a vertical support;
• a clamp surrounding a portion of the sleeve and having a pin insertable through aligned apertures in said sleeve and vertical support, said pin being fixed to the clamp and being movable into and out of said aligned apertures, said clamp firmly fixing said hand grip to said vertical supports when said pin is extended through the aligned apertures in the sleeve and vertical support;
• said hand grip being vertically adjustable by moving said pins out of said vertical supports and sliding said sleeves along said vertical supports to enable said hand grip to be placed in position at an adjustable distance from said arm support and thereafter moving said pin into the closest pair of aligned apertures in said sleeves and vertical supports to fix the hand grip in the adjusted position.

An orthopedic crutch comprising:

• a pair of generally parallel, vertical tubular supports rigidly attached to one another, each of said tubular supports having a plurality of spaced apertures along a longitudinal surface;
• an arm support attached to the upper ends of said vertical supports;
• a hand grip comprising a tubular sleeve surrounding each vertical support and slidable thereover and a bracket extending between the vertical supports rigidly connecting said sleeves, each sleeve having an aperture therethrough alignable with apertures in a vertical support;
• a generally U-shaped clamp surrounding a portion of the sleeve with the legs having projections that extend inwardly against the sleeve in the disengaged position and in an over center lock condition when engaged and having a pin insertable through aligned apertures in said sleeve and vertical support, said pin being fixed to the clamp and being movable into and out of said aligned apertures, said clamp firmly fixing said hand grip to said vertical supports when said pin is extended through the aligned apertures in the sleeve and vertical support;
• stop means on the external surface of the sleeve which the projections on the clamp engage to limit the extent of movement of the clamp when said pin is moved out of the aperture in the vertical support;
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• said hand grip being vertically adjustable by moving said pins out of said vertical supports and sliding said sleeves along said vertical supports to enable said hand grip to be placed in position at an adjustable distance from said arm support and thereafter moving said pin into the closest pair of aligned apertures in said sleeves and vertical supports to fix the hand grip in the adjusted position.