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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hugh V Cottingham, Upper Montclair, NJ (US);
Joseph Scrocco, West Orange, NJ (US);
Assignee:
BHN, Inc., Upper Montclair, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3 17 / ; 3 21 ; 3-7 ;
Abstract
A light-weight, universally sized prosthetic applicance for supporting a person having a residual limb. The prosthetic limb includes a socket adapted to define a selectively adjustable sleeve for receiving and securing a residual limb therein. The adjustable sleeve includes an ischial bearing member for supporting the person's weight. An elongated support member is adjustably and releaseably secured to the socket for selectively adjusting the length of the prosthetic limb and the utility thereof.