Patent ID: 8317877

Claim:
A prosthetic foot, comprising: a shank having a substantially vertical portion graduating into a curved foot portion; a foot plate having a curved heel and toe portion; a heel plate connected to and extending rearwardly from an underside of said foot portion of said shank; a toe bumper assembly connecting a toe end of said shank to a toe end of said foot plate, said toe bumper assembly including a sleeve, elastomeric snubber, and T-nut, said snubber residing between said foot plate and said shank, said sleeve element passing through a mounting hole in said shank and into a bore in said snubber, and said T-nut passing through a mounting hole in said foot plate, such that a threaded fastener is passed through a bore in said sleeve to engage a like-threaded section of said T-nut to secure said foot plate to said shank, the T-nut and the snubber defining a maximum and a minimum separation of the foot plate and the shank; a heel bumper assembly connecting a rearward end of said heel plate to a heel end of said foot plate, said heel bumper assembly including a sleeve, elastomeric snubber, and T-nut, said snubber residing between said foot plate and said heel plate, said sleeve element passing through a mounting hole in said heel plate and into a bore in said snubber, and said T-nut passing through a mounting hole in said foot plate, such that a threaded fastener is passed through a bore in said sleeve to engage a like-threaded section of said T-nut to secure said foot plate to said heel plate, the T-nut and the snubber defining a maximum and a minimum separation of the foot plate and the heel plate.