Prosthetic foot with longer upper forefoot and shorter lower forefoot
AssigneeFreedom Innovations, LLC
InventorsRoland J. Christensen, Marcus Boren
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Abstract
The invention provides a prosthetic foot device including an elongated upper forefoot portion extending through an upper attachment section, forwardly through an arch section, and to a toe section positioned at a toe location of a natural foot. The foot device also includes an elongated lower forefoot portion extending through an upper attachment section attached to the attachment section of the upper forefoot portion, and forwardly under the arch section of the upper forefoot portion to a terminal end positioned under the ball location of a natural foot and rearward of the toe section of the upper forefoot portion.
Claims25
A prosthetic toot device, comprising:
- a pair of elongated forefoot members including an upper forefoot member disposed over a lower forefoot member, each forefoot member extending from an attachment section configured to be coupled to a limb of an amputee;
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- the upper forefoot member extending past a termination point of the lower forefoot member to a termination point at a toe location of a natural foot.
A prosthetic foot device, comprising:
- a) an elongated upper forefoot portion extending 1) through an upper attachment section configured to be coupled to a limb of an amputee, 2) forwardly through an arch section, and 3) to a toe section positioned at a toe location of a natural foot;
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- b) an elongated lower forefoot portion extending 1) through an upper attachment section attached to the attachment section of the forefoot portion, and 2) forwardly under the arch section of the upper forefoot portion to a terminal end positioned at a ball location of a natural foot and rearward of the toe section of the upper forefoot.
A prosthetic foot device, comprising:
- a pair of elongated forefoot members including an upper forefoot member disposed over a lower forefoot member with substantially no gap between the upper forefoot member and the lower forefoot member, and each forefoot member extending from an attachment section configured to be coupled to a limb of an amputee;
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- the upper forefoot member extending past a termination point of the lower forefoot member to a termination point at a toe location of a natural foot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.