Patent ID: 7434583

Claim:
A leg/elbow fixing device comprising: a support bar, two ends of the support bar respectively having two connecting sections; two bracket assemblies fixable on two limbs connected by a joint of a user, each bracket assembly having a locating mechanism, whereby the bracket assemblies can be respectively slidably located on the connecting sections of the support bar, the locating mechanism including a cavity corresponding to the connecting section of the support bar, whereby the two bracket assemblies are fitted on two ends of the support bar, a top face of the locating mechanism being formed with a receptacle communicating with the cavity; and a locating assembly being disposed in the receptacle for locating the bracket assemblies on the support bar, the locating assembly including at least one arresting member, a restoring member and a stop section, one side of each arresting member having a projecting block facing notches formed in the support bar, the arresting members being received in the receptacle with the projecting block engaged with any of the notches of the support bar, a middle section of the restoring member perpendicularly intersecting a rib with the rib inlaid in the restoring member, the restoring member being compressed between the other sides of the arresting members proximal to the rib, each arresting member being formed with a central restricting hole, the stop section including an upper cover, the upper cover having a pivot section on one side for pivotally connecting the upper cover with another side of the opening of the receptacle, a bottom end of the upper cover having at least one engaging block, whereby the engaging block of the upper cover can extend through a first through hole formed in the cover member to be fixed in the restricting hole of the arresting member.