Patent ID: 8800579

Claim:
A handgrip device for an ambulation assistance crutch, wherein the crutch has two support poles extending from the top of the crutch downward toward the ground comprising; a handgrip element; and, one handgrip element support pole attachment mechanism for each pole, comprising a pole attachment end, a handgrip end and an offset distance between the two ends wherein the handgrip element connects to the mechanisms on one end, and an opposite end of the mechanisms attaches to the poles whereby the handgrip element is spaced away from the poles by the offset distance of the mechanisms which are bridged by the handgrip element, wherein; the attachment mechanisms are user installable and removable, and provide for an independent front and rear extension of the handgrip element spaced outboard from the plane of the poles away from the body side of the crutch by independent front and rear offset distance, the offset distance from the forward tube (thumb end) end of the handgrip is less than the offset distance from the rear tube, when installed on the crutch, the vertical positioning of the forward end of the handgrip is lower to the ground from then the back end vertical positioning of the handgrip; and, the handgrip is curved outward relative to the plane of the support poles.