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US 12,144,758 B1Granted
Therapeutic foot and ankle alignment device
OwnerMeena McCulloughinventor
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Abstract
A therapeutic footwear device used to stretch the muscles of the foot to assist with correcting and rehabilitating deformities and pain conditions in the feet, legs, and back of the user. The device includes a rigid base which supports the user's foot, straps that spread the user's toes, and inserts and contours that elevate the user's toes to assist in stretch during rest, during exercise performance, and during medical treatment.
Claims19
A therapeutic footwear device comprising:
- a rigid base configured to receive the distal portion of a foot comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a lateral edge, a medial edge, a proximal edge, and a distal edge;
- the top surface of the rigid base comprising a sloping contour, wherein the contour is configured to receive the four lateral toes and increases in thickness as the contour continues from the lateral edge to the medial edge of the rigid base and wherein a lateral connection arrangement is disposed upon the sloping contour adjacent to the lateral edge of the rigid base;
- a medial toe retention arrangement adapted to prevent a user's first toe from moving towards the lateral edge of the rigid base;
- a lateral adjustable toe retainer connected to the lateral connection arrangement adjacent to the lateral edge of the rigid base;
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- wherein the lateral adjustable toe retainer is adapted to abduct at least one of the user's fourth and fifth toes along the sloping contour toward the lateral edge of the rigid base.
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A therapeutic footwear device comprising:
- a rigid base, configured to receive the distal portion of a foot, the rigid base comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a lateral edge, and a medial edge, wherein the bottom surface of the rigid base is substantially ovate;
- the top surface of the rigid base comprising a sloping contour, wherein the contour is configured to receive the four lateral toes and increases in thickness as the contour continues from the lateral edge to the medial edge of the rigid base and wherein the contour further comprises a lateral connection arrangement comprising at least one hole near the lateral edge of the rigid base;
- the top surface of the rigid base further comprising a depression near the medial edge of the rigid base;
- a medial connection arrangement comprising a hole along the medial edge of the rigid base;
- a lateral adjustable toe retainer which comprises a strap that enters and exits through the hole near the lateral edge of the rigid base, both ends of the strap configured to removably connect;
- wherein the lateral adjustable toe retainer is adapted to abduct at least one of the user's fourth and fifth toes along the sloping contour;
- a medial adjustable toe retainer which comprises a strap that enters and exits through the hole along the medial edge of the rigid base, both ends of the strap configured to removably connect;
- the bottom surface of the rigid base further comprising a cavity on the lateral edge configured to house the excess of the strap of the lateral adjustable toe retainer and a cavity on the medial edge configured to house the excess of the strap of the medial adjustable toe retainer.
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