Patent ID: 7673640

Claim:
A tiltable underarm support mechanism for a crutch which comprises: an elongated base plate, a saddle located above the base plate, and a damper assembly located between the base plate and the saddle, said damper assembly comprising: first and second longitudinally spaced damper devices connected to the base plate, each of said damper devices including a damper box having a top wall with a lateral slot, a support pin which extends from within the damper box upwardly through the slot, a biasing means within the damper box to bias the support pin upwardly within the damper box and to a vertical orientation, and a top plate which is positioned over upper ends of the support pins of the first and second damper devices and connected thereto, said saddle being connected to said top plate, said saddle being forwardly, rearwardly and laterally tiltable due to movement of said support pins relative to said damper boxes.