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Stilt height adjustment apparatus and methodRelated Patent Categories: Exercise Devices, Involving User Translation Or Physical Simulation Thereof, Elevated Walking Device (e.g., Stilts, Etc.), Stilt Having Specific StepStilt height adjustment apparatus and method description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070167296, Stilt height adjustment apparatus and method. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION [0001] 1. Technical Field [0002] This invention relates generally to the field stilts. More particularly, this invention provides for an apparatus and method for adjusting the height of stilts. [0003] 2. Related Art [0004] Often it is desirable to reach a desired elevated height through the use of stilts. For example construction workers and other skilled craftsman frequently use stilts to attach fasteners, suspend a ceiling, hang drywall sheeting or access suspended ceiling structures and related electrical, heating, ventilation and air conditioning structures which may be provided therein. Typical stilts are designed to be securely and comfortably attached to the legs/feet of the stilt wearer. Moreover various stilts incorporate component configurations that allow a stilt wearer to maneuver in a manner that incorporates flexure and movement of stilt the elements in order to provide greater stability during use. Known stilts are adjustable and designed to be worn on each leg of a wearer. Often known stilts include a floor platform and a shoe platform which are connected by two parallel spring-loaded pivotally mounted vertical members. Furthermore, hollow tubular leg supports are attached to the vertical members. Straps are provided for attaching stilt leg support elements to a user's leg and for attaching the ankle area and the toe area of the shoe to the shoe platform. Because the vertical members of some common stilts are pivotally attached to the upper shoe platform and the lower floor platform and are spring-loaded, the vertical members are maintained in a substantially parallelogram configuration. This permits stilt users to walk readily on the stilts while maintaining balance. [0005] In addition, known stilts often employ designs which facilitate height adjustment capability since desired reach elevations may vary depending upon the size and stature of the stilt wearer and the height of the objects desired to be reached. Common stilts often include means for extending or compressing stilt height by adjusting the position of vertical stilt members with respect to other stilt components. For example some known stilts include hollow vertical members that slidably receive other components that can be securely positioned at various heights with respect to the vertical members. Common stilts can be adjusted to be taller or shorter by positioning and fastening ordinary height adjustment components accordingly. However, in several instances the height adjustment capability of common stilts falls short of the elevation needed to be reached by a stilt wearer even when the known stilts are extended and adjusted to be as tall as the adjustable components will allow. This renders the stilts ineffective in providing the height advantage desired by the user. Accordingly, the user is required to either reach the desired elevation in a manner other than through the use of stilts such as by utilizing scaffolding, or by obtaining a different set of taller stilts. [0006] Accordingly, there is a need in the field stilts for an improved apparatus and method for a stilt height adjustment apparatus that provides a user with the ability to reach desired elevations without the need to obtain and use separate taller stilts or resort to inconvenient non-stilt elevation remedies. SUMMARY OF INVENTION [0007] The present invention provides an apparatus and method for stilt height adjustment that offers improved reliability. [0008] A first general aspect of the invention provides a stilt height adjustment apparatus for a stilt having a pivotally movable parallelogram frame structure being partitionable into a top portion including spaced apart vertical strut members extending toward a pivotally connected horizontal shoe platform and a bottom portion including spaced apart vertical strut members extending toward a pivotally connected horizontal floor platform, said stilt height adjustment apparatus comprising: a spaced pair of connected substantially vertical supports, said vertical supports configured to removably attach between the top portion and bottom portion of the stilt, wherein the removable attachment of the spaced pair of vertical supports of the stilt height adjustment apparatus increases the height of the stilt by vertically extending the pivotally movable parallelogram frame structure. [0009] A second general aspect of the invention provides an improvement in a stilt apparatus having a resiliently pivotally movable parallelogram frame structure being separable into a top segment including spaced apart vertical strut members extending toward a pivotally connected horizontal shoe platform and a bottom segment including spaced apart vertical strut members extending toward a pivotally connected horizontal floor platform the improvement comprising the provision, intermediate the shoe platform and the floor platform but adjacent to the top spaced apart vertical strut members and bottom spaced apart vertical strut members, of a height adjustment component being formed to detachably couple the top segment into operable position with the bottom segment while maintaining resilient pivotal movement ability of the parallel frame structure and adjustably increase the height of the stilt. [0010] A third general aspect of the invention provides a stilt height adjustment method comprising: separating a top portion of a stilt having spaced apart vertical strut members extending toward a pivotally connected horizontal shoe platform from a bottom portion of a stilt having spaced apart vertical strut members extending toward a pivotally connected horizontal floor platform; providing a height adjustment apparatus including a spaced pair of substantially vertical supports, said vertical supports configured to removably attach between the top portion and bottom portion of the stilt; and coupling the top portion into operable higher position with the bottom portion by detachably affixing the spaced pair of substantially vertical supports of the height adjustment apparatus to the spaced apart vertical strut members of the top and bottom portions of the stilt. [0011] The foregoing and other features of the invention will be apparent from the following more particular description of various embodiments of the invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0012] Some of the embodiments of this invention will be described in detail, with reference to the following figures, wherein like designations denote like members, wherein: [0013] FIG. 1 depicts a side view of an embodiment of a stilt height adjustment apparatus, in accordance with the present invention; [0014] FIG. 2 depicts a front view of the embodiment of a stilt height adjustment apparatus depicted in FIG. 1, in accordance with the present invention; [0015] FIG. 3 depicts an exploded view of an embodiment of a spring assembly, in accordance with the present invention; [0016] FIG. 4 depicts a side view of an embodiment of an actuator arm assembly, in accordance with the present invention; [0017] FIG. 5 depicts a side view of an embodiment of a stilt having a stilt height adjustment apparatus, in accordance with the present invention; and [0018] FIG. 6 depicts a rear view of an embodiment a stilt having a stilt height adjustment apparatus, in accordance with the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [0019] Although certain embodiments of the present invention will be shown and described in detail, it should be understood that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the appended claims. The scope of the present invention will in no way be limited to the number of constituting components, the materials thereof, the shapes thereof, the relative arrangement thereof, etc., and are disclosed simply as an example of an embodiment. The features and advantages of the present invention are illustrated in detail in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the drawings. [0020] As a preface to the detailed description, it should be noted that, as used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural referents, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. 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