An Improved Foot or Base to be Used in Conjunction with Crutches, Crutch Sticks, Leg Rests, Knee Rests, Peg Legs, Bucket Legs, and other Substitutes or Supports for Legs.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 4th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 10th Feb., 1888
An Improved Foot or Base to be Used in Conjunction with
Crutches, Crutch Sticks, Leg Rests, Knee Rests, Peg Legs,
Bucket Legs, and other Substitutes or Supports for Legs.
I, ROBERT WILLIS of 13 Hobart Place, Eaton Square in the County of Middlesex
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention has mainly for its object to provide an improved foot or base for leg
rests knee rests peg legs, bucket legs and such like.
As heretofore made the lower ends of these legs or supports have been inore or less
rigid and not only jarred the patient when they were used but also allowed him no
freedom of movement unless the lower end of the leg or support was made very
narrow so that it could readily rock when resting on the ground.
To remedy these disadvantages I provide the lower ends of the legs or supports
with a loose broad bearing foot at the bottom. I hold this foot by three or it might
be other number of straps to the lower end of the stem of the rest and between the
stem and foot I place a thick block of vulcanised india rubber."
To retain the block of vulcanized india rubber in place I provide a peg projecting
from the bottom of the stem to pass through the centre of the vulcanised india
rubber block and into a hole of somewhat larger diameter in the upper face of the
foot piece.
The straps are left somewhat loose so that if the foot is placed on to the ground it
may rest flat upon it and yet allow the leg to incline somewhat from the vertical in
any direction, the india rubber then yielding and allowing the leg to incline until it
is arrested by the tightening up of one or other of the straps.
A similar foot or base may be used with crutches and other supports.
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page_text: An Improved Foot or Base to be Used in Conjunction with
Crutches, Crutch Sticks, Leg Rests, Knee Rests, Peg Legs,
Bucket Legs, and other Substitutes or Supports for Legs.
I, ROBERT WILLIS, of 13 Hobart Place, Eaton Square, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
This invention has mainly for its object to provide an improved foot or base for leg
rests, knee rests, pog legs, bucket legs and such like.
As heretofore made the lower ends of these legs or supports have been more or less
rigid and not only jarred the patient when they were used but also allowed him no
freedom of movement unless the inner end of the leg or support was made very
narrow so that it could readily rock when resting on the ground.
To remedy these disadvantages I provide the lower ends of the legs or supports
with a loose broad bearing foot at the bottom. I hold this foot by three or it might
be other number of straps to the lower end of the stem of the rest and between the
stem and foot I place a thick block of vulcanised india rubber.
To retain the block of vulcanized india rubber in place I provide a peg projecting
from the bottom of the stem to pass through the centre of the vulcanized india
rubber block and into a hole of somewhat larger diameter in the upper face of the
foot piece.
The straps are left somewhat loose so that if the foot is placed on to the ground it
may rest flat upon it and yet allow the leg to incline somewhat from the vertical in
any direction, the india rubber then yielding and allowing the leg to incline until it
is arrested by the tightening up of one or other of the straps.
A similar foot or base may be used with crutches and other supports.
Figure 1 is an elevation of a foot constructed according to my invention. Figure 2
is a section of the same and Figure 3 is an elevation of a crutch foot which differs
only in size from the foot shown in Figures 1 and 2.
a is the upper part of the foot which forms or is fixed to the lower end of the leg
or support, and is shown separately in elevation at Figure 4:-its bottom is provided
with a leather washer shewn separately in plan at Figure 5 which fits onto the
peg a which forms the lower part of the piece a. Surrounding the peg a¹ is a thick
block or washer c of india rubber shewn separately in plan at Figure 6. Below the
block is the bottom piece d shown separately in plan at Figure 7. Pieces of
leather dare fixed at each end of the piece d. The parts a and d are connected
by the straps e which pass round the bars and fixed to them.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. An improved foot or base to be used in conjunction with crutches, crutch sticks,
leg rests, knee rests, peg legs, bucket legs and other substitutes or supports for legs
consisting of an upper and a lower part with a block or washer of elastic material
between them and so connected together that the upper part can be inclined through
a small and limited angle to the lower part substantially as described.
2. The combination of the parts a c d and e substantially as described.
3. My improved foot or base to be used in conjunction with crutches, crutch sticks,
leg rests, knee rests, peg legs, bucket legs and other substitutes or supports for legs
substantially as described.