Patent ID: 7434592

Claim:
A shock absorbing crutch, comprising: a proximal end and a distal end; a vertical axis; a supporting member having a proximal end and a distal end, the supporting member comprising: a generally horizontally oriented underarm support, the underarm support having a concave curvature along its top edge and a convex curvature along its bottom edge; a stabilizing portion, the stabilizing portion extending downwardly from said horizontal underarm support at an angular orientation with respect to the underarm support in the range of 45° to 135°; a middle bend portion projecting toward the vertical axis such that the middle bend portion is at an angular orientation with respect to the stabilizing portion in the range of 90° to 180°; and a generally vertically oriented hand grip portion, the hand grip portion containing a plurality of diametrically opposed apertures; a hand grip attached to the handgrip portion of the supporting member; a generally vertically oriented alignment rib having a proximal end and a distal end; a folding section connecting the distal end of the supporting member to the proximal end of the alignment rib so that the crutch is foldable; a generally vertically oriented adjustable portion, the adjustable portion having a proximal end and a distal end; a shock absorbing device located within the distal end of the adjustable portion; and a gripping pad; wherein the hand grip attached to the supporting member such that is extends outwardly and downwardly from the supporting member at an angle ranging from about 10° to about 30° below horizontal.