Patent ID: 8235063

Claim:
A multi-stage, collapsible orthopedic device, comprising a saddle support, wherein the saddle support is curved to tit comfortably under a user's underarm; a plurality of rails attached to the saddle support; a handgrip through which the plurality of rails pass, wherein the handgrip slides along plurality of rails and is able to be secured with respect to the plurality of rails; a support tube, the support tube, comprising: a shock tube; a spring concealed within the shock tube and configured to cushion, from the wishbone, an impact of the shock tube against a surface; and an adjustment button that fits into a spring button hole in a spring compression plug and through a spring tube slide slot in the shock tube to provide a variable shock absorbing capability; and a wishbone, the wishbone comprising: a plurality of upper channels, each upper channel corresponding to a rail of the plurality of rails, wherein the plurality of rails slide through their respective channels and may be secured with respect to the wishbone; and a lower channel, wherein the support tube slides through the lower channel and may be secured with respect to the wishbone in a plurality of positions.