Stilts

A pair of stilts in which each stilt has a foot support portion coupled to an upper leg portion and to a lower leg portion, each lower leg portion having flexible foot means resiliently coupled to the bottom thereof whereby the weight of the wearer acts directly from the foot support portion through the lower leg portion and the flexible foot means, each flexible foot means being pivotably mounted to a respective lower leg portion by an axle and the front and rear of each flexible foot being coupled to the respective lower leg portion by spring means and each flexible foot having upstanding first and second projections defining a front-to-back channel therein for receiving a third projection extending from the bottom of the lower leg portion, characterised in that said third projection has a substantially horizontal aperture therein to register with vertical slots in said upstanding first and second projections, said axle being disposed in said slots and said aperture to permit pivoting about a side-to-side axis and tilting about a front-to-rear axis and wherein a resilient element is disposed between the bottom of said third projection and an upper part of said flexible foot means.