Corrective footwear for leg length discrepancy
AssigneeHot Shots Ventures, LLC
InventorDon Mastrangelo
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Abstract
Methods for providing footwear configured to treat leg length discrepancy include manufacturing a plurality of footwear members. Each footwear member has a sole thickness, with sole thicknesses of the plurality of footwear members spanning a predetermined range of thicknesses. A corrective pair of footwear may be formed by selecting a left member having a first sole thickness and a right member having a second sole thickness, wherein the difference between the first and second sole thicknesses corresponds to an amount of leg length discrepancy to be corrected.
Claims9
A method of providing open-toed sandals to correct leg length discrepancy, comprising:
- obtaining a first plurality of pairs of sandals, each pair of the first plurality consisting of a left member and a right member having soles with an identical first sole thickness, in which all layers of each of the soles are structurally integral to each respective sole;
- obtaining a second plurality of pairs of sandals, each pair of the second plurality consisting of a left member and a right member having soles with an identical second sole thickness which differs from the first sole thickness by at least 3 millimeters, in which all layers of each of the soles are structurally integral to each respective sole;
- receiving an indication of a nonzero amount of leg length discrepancy to be corrected;
- providing one of the left members from the first plurality and one of the right members from the second plurality;
- wherein a difference between the first sole thickness and the second sole thickness corresponds to the amount of leg length discrepancy to be corrected;
- wherein the members of the first plurality of sandals and the members of the second plurality of sandals all share a common style and an identical interior volume.
A method of providing footwear to correct leg length discrepancy, comprising:
- having manufactured a first plurality of footwear members having soles, each of the first plurality sharing an identical first sole thickness, in which all layers of each of the soles of the first plurality of footwear members are structurally integral to each respective sole;
- having manufactured a second plurality of footwear members having soles, each of the second plurality sharing an identical second sole thickness which differs from the first sole thickness by at least 3 millimeters, in which all layers of each of the soles of the second plurality of footwear members are structurally integral to each respective sole;
- wherein all the left members of the first and second pluralities of footwear members have upper portions that share a first identical shape, and all the right members of the first and second pluralities of footwear members have upper portions that share a second identical shape, which is a mirror image of the first identical shape;
- receiving an order for corrective footwear including an indication of a nonzero amount of leg length discrepancy to be corrected;
- selecting a first member from the first plurality of footwear members and a second member from the second plurality of footwear members to form a corrective pair of footwear, wherein the first sole thickness differs from the second sole thickness by the amount of leg length discrepancy to be corrected;
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- providing the corrective pair of footwear in response to the order.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.