US173872A - Improvement in artificial legs - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
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- A61F2/60—Artificial legs or feet or parts thereof
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- the invention relates to an improved kneejoint for artificial legs, by which it is impossible for thejoint to bend while the weight is upon it, and thereby a better and safer leg furnished.
- the invention consists of the lower section of an artificial leg, suspended by a sliding strap from the upper section, in connection with a slotted guide-band or socket of the detached knee-piece, supporting the upper section and causing it to bear tightly on the sliding band when the weight rests on the leg.
- A represents the upper, O the lower section of an artificial leg, and B a separate intermediate knee-piece that forms the connection of the section.
- the knee piece B is provided with a guideband, B of strong sheet metal, which is firmly attached thereto, and extended upward to form a socket for the upper section A, allowing thesame to slide to some extent therein.
- the distance which the upper section slides in the socket is regulated by slots of the band and pins 1) of the section A.
- the lower section 0 is suspended from the knee piece by an interior joint when there is no weight upon it, as the raising of the leg produces the downward sliding of theknee-piece and lower section, and allows the free play of the strap.
- the strap may be used with a short piece of elastic at thefront end, which allows the giving or bending a little in walking down hill.
- a short piece of elastic at the rear part of the strap shortens the rear part of the strap, and acts in the nature of a friction-brake during the best part of the step, so as to stop the leg with a more natural motion in place of the sudden click peculiar to artificial legs.
- extension band or socket of kneepiece provided with front and rearguide-slots for the suspension-strap, substantially as set forth.
Description
I. B. WARNER. VAR'TIFI CIA-L-LEG.
Patented Feb. 22,1876
No.17 3,87Z.
WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.
N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASNINGTDN- D C.
UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE JOSEPH B. WARNER, OF NORTH DIGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
IMPROVEMENT IN ARTIFICIAL LEGS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173,872, dated Febrnary 22, 1876; application filed January 22, 1876.
. To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. WARNER, of North Dighton, Bristol county, Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Knee- Joint for Artificial Legs, of which the following is a specification p Figure 1 represents a sectional side elevation of my improved knee-joint for artificial legs, and Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section of the same on line 0 c, Fig. 2.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
The invention relates to an improved kneejoint for artificial legs, by which it is impossible for thejoint to bend while the weight is upon it, and thereby a better and safer leg furnished.
The invention consists of the lower section of an artificial leg, suspended by a sliding strap from the upper section, in connection with a slotted guide-band or socket of the detached knee-piece, supporting the upper section and causing it to bear tightly on the sliding band when the weight rests on the leg.
In the drawing, A represents the upper, O the lower section of an artificial leg, and B a separate intermediate knee-piece that forms the connection of the section. The knee piece B is provided with a guideband, B of strong sheet metal, which is firmly attached thereto, and extended upward to form a socket for the upper section A, allowing thesame to slide to some extent therein. The distance which the upper section slides in the socket is regulated by slots of the band and pins 1) of the section A. The lower section 0 is suspended from the knee piece by an interior joint when there is no weight upon it, as the raising of the leg produces the downward sliding of theknee-piece and lower section, and allows the free play of the strap. But when the forward motion is completed, and the weight of the body brought to bear upon the joint, the upper section is forced down-, ward in the socket and brought to bear on the strap, wedging the same tightly between the lower rim of the same and the upper part of the knee-piece, so that no bending of the joint at the knee is possible, as is frequently the case with artificial legs when going down hill, or when the heel rests in' somewhat higher position than the toe.
The strap may be used with a short piece of elastic at thefront end, which allows the giving or bending a little in walking down hill.
A short piece of elastic at the rear part of the strap shortens the rear part of the strap, and acts in the nature of a friction-brake during the best part of the step, so as to stop the leg with a more natural motion in place of the sudden click peculiar to artificial legs.
Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In artificial legs, a separate knee-piece, sliding by a slotted guide-band or socket along the end of the upper-leg section, substantially as shown and described;
2. The combination of the upper-leg section, sliding suspension-strap, and knee-piece having extension-socket, for the purpose of locking the strap firmly when the body is resting on the leg, and preventing the flexing of the joint at that moment, substantially as specified.
3. The extension band or socket of kneepiece provided with front and rearguide-slots for the suspension-strap, substantially as set forth.
JOSEPH B. WARNER.
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