Patent ID: 6129766
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A prosthetic foot assembly, said assembly comprising:an ankle member having shoulders extending from each side thereof, said shoulders each having an aperture therethrough;a foreheel member having a top surface and a bottom surface pivotally connected to said ankle member by an axle;said foreheel member having a central portion positioned between said shoulders of said ankle member, said central portion having a central transverse bore aligned with said apertures in said shoulders of said ankle member to form a passage through said foreheel member and said ankle member;said central bore having a diameter larger than the diameter of said axle, said central bore having concentrically aligned counter-bores disposed in each side thereof;a resilient bushing positioned in each counter-bore, each bushing having an aperture therethrough; anda rigid liner positioned in the apertures of each resilient bushing, said rigid liner having a inner diameter sized to receive said axle, whereby said resilient bushings allow for resiliently resisted movement of said axle transverse to the longitudinal axis of said axle and said axle is decoupled from said ankle member.