Patent ID: 8366789

Claim:
A prosthetic leg comprising: an upper leg coupled to a socket; a lower leg having a front member and a rear member, wherein the front member is substantially rigid and the rear member does not extend forward of the front member and compressive loads for supporting a user of the prosthetic leg are partially distributed to the rear member; a knee that is coupled to a lower end of the upper leg and an upper ends of the front member and the rear member that allows the lower leg to rotate relative to the upper leg; and a foot having an ankle section with a sliding surface that engages a lower portion of the front member and a heel section that is coupled to the lower end of the rear member; wherein the upper leg, the lower leg, and the knee each comprise a series of planar layers that are substantially parallel to lengths of the upper leg and the lower leg and perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the knee.