Harness assembly for a crutch user
AssigneeJohn S. Fisher
InventorJerry Porter
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Abstract
A crutch harness assembly including a belt element adapted to be secured around a waist of the user, two loop-like strap elements connected to the belt element and each adapted to surround and engage a respective upper leg portion, and a strap means connected to each of the loop-like strap elements and adapted for engaging a corresponding crutch adjacent the upper end of said crutch.
Claims12
A crutch harness system adapted to engage the waist, and upper leg portion and gluteal fold of each leg of a harness user for supporting at least a portion of the harness user's body weight to reduce forces applied to the hands and underarm areas, and comprising:
- a pair of crutches wherein each crutch comprises an upper end and a lower end;
- a belt element adapted to be secured around the waist of the harness user;
- two or more loop-like strap elements cooperatively connected to said belt element and each being adapted to surround and engage the upper leg portion of a corresponding leg of the harness user so that the upper leg portion of each leg of the harness user has one or more loop-like strap elements positioned therearound;
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- strap means cooperatively connected to each of said loop-like strap elements and each of said strap means engaging a corresponding one of said pair of crutches adjacent the upper end of said crutch and for transmitting at least a portion of the body weight to said loop-like strap elements so as to reduce the force applied to said pair of crutches by the hands and underarm areas of the harness user.
A crutch harness system adapted to engage the waist, and upper leg portion and gluteal fold of each leg of a harness user for supporting at least a portion of the harness user's body weight to reduce forces applied to the hands and underarm areas, and comprising:
- a pair of crutches wherein each crutch comprises an upper end and a lower end;
- a belt element adapted to be secured around the waist of the harness user;
- two loop-like strap elements cooperatively connected to said belt element and each being adapted to surround and engage the upper leg portion of a corresponding leg of the harness user so that the upper leg portion of each leg of the harness user has one or more loop-like strap elements positioned therearound said strap elements each including a pad positioned thereon so that said pads each nest under the gluteal fold of a corresponding upper leg portion;
- strap means cooperatively connected to each of said loop-like strap elements and each of said strap means engaging a corresponding one of said pair of crutches adjacent the upper end of said crutch and for transmitting at least a portion of the body weight to said loop-like strap elements so as to reduce the force applied to said pair of crutches by the hands and underarm areas of the harness user;
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- a pair of suspender straps operatively connected to said belt element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.