Crutch

Claim 1

A CRUTCH STRUCTURE COMPRISING A TUBULAR MAIN MEMBER, A SLIDE ROD TELESCOPICALLY POSITIONED IN ONE END OF THE TUBULAR MAIN MEMBER AND PROTRUDING THEREFROM FOR A SELECTED PART OF ITS LENGTH, MEANS FOR LIMITING THE MOVEMENT OF THE SLIDE ROD RELATIVE TO THE TUBULAR MEMBER TO MAINTAIN THE TELESCOPIC RELATIONSHIP, RESILIENT MEANS TENDING TO FORCE THE SLIDE ROD IN A DIRECTION OUTWARDLY FROM THE TUBULAR MAIN MEMBER TO A LIMITING POSITION AND FOR EXERTING AN OPPOSING CUSHIONING FORCE AGAINST AN END THRUST TENDING TO MOVE THE SLIDE ROD WITHIN THE TUBULAR MEMBER, A PRESSURE FOOT MEMBER BALL AND SICKET JOINT MEANS SECURED TO THE OUTER END OF THE SLIDE ROD FOR ATTACHMENT TO THE PRESSURE FOOT SAID TUBULAR MAIN MEMBER HAVING A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED TELESCOPICALLY POSITIONED SECTIONS PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF REGISTRABLE AND ALIGNABLE APERTURES LONGITUDINALLY SPACED THEREALONG, RESILIENTLY PRESSED PIN MEANS TO LOCK THE SAID SECTIONS TOGETHER WITH AT LEAST ONE APERTURE OF EACH SECTION IN REGISTRY THEREBY TO ESTABLISH SELECTABLE LENGTHS BETWEEN THE ENDS OF THE TELESCOPED TUBULAR SECTIONS, THE CENTER LINE AXIS OF THE TUBULAR MAIN MEMBERAND THAT OF THE ARMPIT SADDLE BEING NON-PARALLEL AND A THREADED FASTENING MEANS FOR ALSO LOCKING THE RESILIENTLY PRESSED PIN MEANS INTO THE REGISTERING APERTURES.