Patent ID: 7334275

Claim:
An apparatus comprising a mobility assistance device further comprising a thin, generally rectangular, flexible strip characterized by a width, a length which is adapted to permit said strip to be wrapped around two human ankles, and a thickness and which strip further has a first end, a second end, a center, wherein the thickness of the center is greater than the thickness of the first and second ends, and the center includes two edges which are generally parallel to the length of the strip, no more than one of which is open to accommodate an object, an inner surface, and an outer surface, a plurality of fasteners affixed to locations selected from the first end of the strip, the second end of the strip, and the center of the strip on the inner surface, wherein the fasteners are adapted to permit the releasable attachment of the first end to at least one of the second end and the center and to permit the releasable attachment of the second end to at least one of the first end and the center.