Patent ID: 7007705

Claim:
A foot mobility aid, comprising: an elongate flexible strap having a pair of opposite first and second ends, a first end portion being positioned adjacent said first end; said flexible strap having a generally rectangular transverse cross section and having a pair of opposite faces, and a pair of side edges extending between said ends of said strap; said strap having a length defined between said ends of said strap and a width defined between said side edges of said strap; wherein said length of said strap is about 5 feet; wherein said width of said strap is about 2 inches for optimal comfort for a user's foot and flexibility of the strap; a first of said ends of said strap being folded back over an adjacent portion of said strap and coupled to said adjacent portion of said strap to form a foot loop adjacent said first end of said strap; said foot loop being adapted for extending the foot of a user therein such that the arch region of the user's foot is positioned in said foot loop; a resiliently deformable pad being removably mounted on said strap in said foot loop, wherein a hook and loop fastener removably mounts said pad to said strap in said foot loop; a handle being coupled to a second of said ends of said strap; and said handle being extended substantially perpendicular to said strap, said handle having a plurality of finger grooves; means on said strap for adjusting an effective circumference of said foot loop formed by said strap, said means for adjusting an effective circumference of said foot loop comprising: a plurality of apertures extending through said strap and being arranged substantially along a line extending from said first end toward said second end; a buckle for detachably coupling said first end of said strap to a location on said strap between said first and second ends of said strap to form said foot loop, said buckle being mounted on said strap at a spaced location from said first end of said strap, said buckle defining an opening for receiving said first end portion of said strap, said buckle including a prong insertable into one of said apertures formed in said first end portion of said strap to adjust a position of said end portion of said strap with respect to said buckle to adjust a circumference of said foot loop.