Patent ID: 8172730

Claim:
An article of manufacture comprising: a shoe plate configured to support a foot of a user; a floor plate configured to contactingly engage a floor surface; a longer outer strut member and a shorter outer strut member each respectively configured to alternatively extend in a substantially vertical direction to couple the shoe plate to the floor plate, the shorter outer strut member having a first overall length and the longer outer strut member having a second overall length greater than the first overall length; and a leg attachment assembly configured to support a leg of the user, the leg attachment assembly comprising a leg band portion which contactingly engages the leg of the user and a leg extension pole having a proximal end connected to the leg band portion and an opposing distal end configured to be alternatively connected to the longer outer strut member or the shorter outer strut member at a common vertical distance from the shoe plate; wherein the article of manufacture is characterized as a kit of parts configured to be alternatively assembled into a first stilt using the shorter strut member or into a second stilt using the longer strut member, wherein the first stilt has a shorter overall height than the second stilt, and wherein the leg support pole is attached at the same common vertical distance from the shoe plate in both the first and second stilts.