Leg extension device

Claim 1

A LEG EXTENSION DEVICE COMPRISING A COMBINATION: A HORIZONTAL ELONGATE FOOT MEMBER; A HORIZONTAL ELONGATE SHOE PAD; AND FRONT AND REAR SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL STRUTS HAVING UPPER AND LOWER ENDS; MEANS MOUNTING THE UPPER ENDS OF BOTH STRUTS UPON THE SHOE PAD; AND MEANS MOUNTING THE LOWER ENDS OF BOTH STRUTS UPON THE FOOT MEMBER; AN ELONGATE LEG POST HAVING A LOWER AND AN UPPER END PORTION; AND ARCUATE PART-CYLINDRICAL LEG CRADLE FORMED ABOUT AN AXIS WHICH INTERSECTS THE SHOE PAD APPROXIMATELY AT RIGHT ANGLES; MEANS MOUNTING SADI CRADLE UPON SAID UPPER END PORTION OF THE LEG POST, WITH THE CRADLE EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM THE POST AXIS AND IN OVERLYING RELATIONSHIP TO THE SHOE PAD; MEANS ANCHORING THE LOWER END OF THE LEG POST UPON ONE OF SAID STRUTS; AND MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE CRADLE ROTATIONALLY TO DISPOSED THE CRADLE AXIS AT SELECTED DISTANCES FROM A PERPENDICULAR LINE UPSTANDING UPON ONE END OF THE SHOE PAD; THE AFORESAID ANCHORING MEANS COMPRISING A HINGE ABOUT WHICH THE POST HAS LATERAL ANGULAR MOVEMENT IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TOI THE MAJOR AXIS OF THE SHOE PAD; THE COMBINATION INCLUDING CLAMP MEANS ADJACENT TO THE SHOE PAD AND OPERATIVE UPON THE LEG POST INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF THE LATTER, FOR FIXING SAID POST IN SELECTED POSITIONS OF ITS LATERAL ANGULAR MOVEMENT.