Patent ID: 7537017

Claim:
A shoulder support for a crutch having a pair of upper tubes that slide inside a pair of lower tubes, the shoulder support comprising: (a) a pair of tube caps that are supported at a top of the upper tubes; (b) a channel section positioned between the tube caps and attached to the tube caps by a pair of pivot bolts; (c) a shoulder spring bent into a bow-tie shape with two loops and a narrow portion, wherein a user of the crutch positions his underarm atop the shoulder spring to support his weight, and wherein the shoulder spring loops deflect outwardly when a user bears his weight on the crutch; (d) a resilient shoulder pad that covers the shoulder spring to protect skin beneath arms of the user from scraping and chafing; and (e) at least one rivet to secure the narrow portion of the shoulder spring to the channel section at a top of the channel section, wherein the tube caps have tube cap holes therein, the channel section has bolt holes defined therein, and wherein each pivot bolt is disposed through one of the tube cap holes and one of the channel section bolt holes and secured in place by a nut.