Global Patent Index - EP 0071982 B1

EP 0071982 B1 19860305 - RESILIENT TIP FOR WALKING AIDS, ESPECIALLY FOR CRUTCHES

Title (en)

RESILIENT TIP FOR WALKING AIDS, ESPECIALLY FOR CRUTCHES

Publication

EP 0071982 B1 19860305 (DE)

Application

EP 82107066 A 19820804

Priority

  • DE 3131027 A 19810805
  • DE 3211732 A 19820330

Abstract (en)

[origin: US4510957A] A support foot for walking aids, in particular crutches is presented, comprising a sole body which is fixed to a support plate anchored in articulated fashion to the support shaft. The support plate comprises a bordering skirt embodied as a universal plug socket to receive a standardized guide section of different sole bodies which are secured releasably in the bordering skirt by locking pins penetrating the same. The design of the support foot is such that it gives the handicapped a degree of safety unattained before and, furthermore, permits a conventional walking aid to be modified at very little expenditure for the handicapped so that it will be adapted in optimum manner to the respective surroundings.

IPC 1-7

A45B 9/04

IPC 8 full level

A45B 9/04 (2006.01); A61H 3/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A45B 9/04 (2013.01 - EP US); A61H 2003/0294 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0071982 A2 19830216; EP 0071982 A3 19840208; EP 0071982 B1 19860305; DE 3269622 D1 19860410; US 4510957 A 19850416

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 82107066 A 19820804; DE 3269622 T 19820804; US 40259482 A 19820728