US 11,833,066 B2
Running blade with deployable heel attachment
Cooper D. Mangels, Independence, MO (US); and Jacob Overbay, Independence, MO (US)
Assigned to Monarch Assistive Technology, LLC, Independence, MO (US)
Filed by Monarch Assistive Technology, LLC, Independence, MO (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/565,794.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/132,002, filed on Dec. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0202598 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/66 (2006.01); A61F 2/78 (2006.01); A61F 2/50 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/66 (2013.01) [A61F 2/78 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5083 (2013.01); A61F 2002/665 (2013.01); A61F 2002/6678 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A convertible prosthetic running blade having a running configuration and a walking configuration, said prosthetic running blade comprising:
a foot body having a toe end and an opposing heel end; and
a heel attachment adjacent the heel end and manually shiftable from a running position to a walking position to thereby convert the running blade from the running configuration to the walking configuration,
wherein the heel attachment comprises an elongated member having at least one surface configured to contact a ground, floor, or other walking surface when in the walking position and to be elevated or otherwise positioned so as to not contact the surface when in the running position, and
wherein the elongated member is curved outward from the foot body when the heel attachment is in the walking position and curved toward the foot body when the heel attachment is in the running position.