Claims
- 1. A prosthesis for attachment to the lower end of a round pylon, said prosthesis comprising:
- a coupling member having on one side a curved concave mating surface conforming substantially to a curved convex outer mating surface of said pylon and on an opposite side a substantially flat mating surface;
- a foot member having an upper attachment section having on one side a substantially flat mating surface substantially conforming to said flat mating surface of said coupling member; and
- said mating surfaces being oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said pylon when said corresponding conforming mating surfaces are mated together such that an axial load placed on said pylon produces a corresponding shear force on said mating surfaces in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said pylon.
- 2. The prosthesis of claim 1 further comprising an adhesive or bonding agent adapted to be disposed between said curved mating surfaces to maintain said pylon and said coupling member in substantially fixed operative relation.
- 3. The prosthesis of claim 1 further including a mounting member for selectively attaching and detaching said foot member to said lower end of said round pylon.
- 4. The prosthesis of claim 3 wherein said mounting member comprises a nut and bolt combination configured and arranged so as to provide a compressive force between said corresponding conforming mating surfaces such that said foot member and said pylon may be maintained in operative relation by frictional engagement of said mating surfaces.
- 5. The prosthesis of claim 4 wherein said nut and bolt combination extend through aligned holes formed in said coupling member and said upper attachment section of said foot member for providing said compressive force.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This Application is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/208,793, filed Mar. 8, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,514,186, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/856,666, filed Mar. 24, 1992, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 07/337,374, filed Apr. 13, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,181,932, and a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 07/662,783, filed Feb. 28, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,290,319.
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