Patent ID: 8900326

Claim:
A multi-plate prosthetic foot, comprising: a first, lower plate; a second, upper plate spaced apart from and residing above the lower plate, the upper plate graduating into a shank portion from a foot portion that overlies at least a portion of the lower plate; a rearwardly extending heel plate connected to an underside of the second plate so as to be interposed between the lower plate and the upper plate; at least one toe bumper assembly coupling a toe end of the lower plate to a toe end of the upper plate; and at least one heel bumper assembly coupling a heel end of the lower plate to the heel plate; wherein each of the bumper assemblies includes a sleeved elastomeric snubber that resides between the coupled plates and a threaded fastener assembly that couples the plates through the snubber such that the coupled plates are maintained in a spaced apart but constantly connected relationship.