Patent ID: 9592175
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A61H

Claim:
1. A mobile crutch consisting essentially of: a forward vertical hollow frame member and a rear vertical hollow frame member, wherein the forward and rear vertical hollow frame members are parallel, each member having a rigid wheel assembly attached to the bottom of the member, wherein the rigid wheel assemblies of the forward and rear frame members are parallel and aligned; one transverse horizontal handle joined to the parallel vertical frame members at a location adapted to be gripped by a user; two transverse horizontal frame members; wherein one of said transverse horizontal frame members is joined to the tops of the said parallel vertical frame members to form a shoulder-high rigid arm rest; wherein the other of said transverse horizontal frame members is joined to the parallel vertical frame members at a location below the handle and above the rigid wheel assemblies; and a brake assembly comprising a brake attached to the bottom of the forward parallel vertical frame member and a lever to slow or stop movement of the mobile crutch when a force is applied on said lever, and mobility of the mobile crutch is restored when the force is removed or an opposite force is applied to the brake lever.