A stair-adjustable crutch characterized by an adjusting cuff having a cone
with an elongated or extended, flared and offset lip and lip receptacle
provided in the crutch foot to facilitate selective angular adjustment of
the crutch foot and frame from an aligned configuration. This adjustment
is effected by manipulation of a rod fitted with a pair of spaced-apart,
wishbone-shaped legs extending into the cone, which legs are provided
with shaped tabs or locks for selectively entering and exiting
spaced-apart sets of vertical and angled slots in the cone of the
adjusting cuff. Up and down movement of the adjusting rod facilitates
both selective conventional operation of the crutch with the crutch foot
in linear alignment, and angling of the crutch frame and upper crutch
foot at the adjusting cuff with respect to the crutch foot below the
adjusting cuff, to adjust the user's weight and more safely ascend and
descend steps and stairs. A method for angularly adjusting a crutch frame
and upper crutch foot with respect to the lower crutch foot by providing
an adjusting cuff having a cone with an elongated, flared lip and lip
receptacle in the crutch foot and a rod and lock mechanism that interacts
with the adjusting cuff to facilitate more safely climbing and descending
steps and stairs.