Energy-storing prosthetic leg pylon.

A PROSTHETIC LEG AND SUPPORT ARE CHARACTERIZED BY UPPER AND LOWER SUPPORT MEMBERS WHO HAVE ONE OR MORE SPRING ELEMENTS OPERATIVELY UNITED OR ARRANGED BETWEEN THEM. THE SUPPORT MEMBERS ARE PREFERABLY INTEGRATED AND MOVING FROM ONE TO THE OTHER, SO THAT IMPOSED FORCES ON THE SUPPORT PRODUCE SUCH RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT AND THE STORAGE OF ENERGY IN THE ELEMENT OR SPRING ELEMENTS. THE SPRING ELEMENTS ARE ABLE TO RELEASE SOME OF THE ENERGY STORED BY GETTING RID OF FORCE. CONSTRICTION BANDS CAN BE USED TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF DEFLEXION OF THE EXTENDED SPRINGS, AND THE EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF THE PROSTHESIS CAN BE EASILY ADJUSTED.