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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:
May. 11, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1980
John W Campbell, Medford, OR (US);
Charles W Childs, Medford, OR (US);
Other;
Abstract
A prosthetic foot includes an elongated one-piece semi-rigid keel having a half dome-shaped arch and a thinned toe break region. A rigid bolt block, with a lower portion of reduced size to accommodate a cushioned heel, is fastened to the posterior end of the keel. To rigidify the foot during toe-off, a first substantially inelastic strap is provided. This first strap is fastened at one end to the bolt block, extends across a lower region of the arch, and is fastened at its opposite end to the keel forwardly of the toe break region. A second substantially inelastic strap is positioned above the first strap and is fastened at one end to the bolt block, extends across a mid-portion of the arch, and has its other end fastened to the keel between the arch and toe break region. This second strap rigidifies the foot when in a foot flat position. A flexible foot-shaped cover layer generally envelopes the two straps, keel and bolt block, fills in the toe break region and a large portion of the arch. Also, the cover layer is thickened adjacent to the reduced portion of the heel block to provide a cushioned heel for the foot.
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