Patent ID: 7926498

Claim:
An apparatus to assist a user in walking, comprising: a first crutch having a first side direction, a second side direction opposite the first side direction, a third side direction perpendicular to the first side direction and a fourth side direction opposite the third side direction, the crutch comprising: an elongate leg having a top end, a middle portion, and a bottom end, wherein the elongate leg extends from a saddle to a foot and has a cantilevered handle disposed on the middle portion; wherein the saddle includes an inner lobe and an outer lobe, the outer lobe spaced apart from and connected to the inner lobe by a curved upper surface such that the inner lobe, the outer lobe, and the curved upper surface together form an inverted U-shaped channel; wherein the inverted U-shaped channel is aligned generally parallel to the first side direction; wherein the inner lobe extends farther away from the curved upper surface than the outer lobe; wherein the top end of the elongate leg is attached to the saddle; the elongate leg middle portion extends outward in the third side direction relative to an axis extending between the top end of the elongate leg and the foot; wherein the elongate leg middle portion is also disposed to the first side direction of the axis extending between the top end of the elongate leg and the foot.