Contoured peg insole
AssigneeDarco International, Inc.
InventorsH. Darrel Darby, II, Wu Zhang, Thomas Dietrich
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Abstract
A peg insole including an integrally molded unitary foam body covered. The foam body may be covered with a cover layer, such as a stretchable fabric, on a top surface of the foam body opposite the pegs. The foam body is includes a base layer with a plurality of pegs protruding therefrom. The foam body may include a contoured shaped to comfortably fit a patient's foot including, for example, a medial support portion, a lateral support portion, and a heel cup. The peg insole may be used, for example, in a medical shoe. Also provided is a method for forming the peg insole.
Claims13
A peg insole comprising:
- an integrally molded unitary body;
- wherein
- the body consists of a base layer and a plurality of pegs protruding from the base layer,
- the base layer is contoured at a side of the base layer facing opposite a direction in which the plurality of pegs are protruding from the base layer,
- the side of the base layer facing opposite from the pegs is exposed,
- a contoured portion of the base layer is contoured in the direction away from the pegs and comprises a heel cup,
- in a longitudinal direction of the body, the heel cup is arranged at a first side of the body opposite to a second side of the body,
- in a direction in which the pegs are protruded from the base layer, at least one of the pegs at the first side of the body is shorter than another one of the pegs at the second side, and
- a height is varied such that the height is greater at a medial portion of the heel cup between the first side and the second side than at an end of the body at the first side.
A peg insole comprising:
- a unitarily molded unitary body;
- wherein
- the body includes a base layer and a plurality of pegs protruding from the base layer,
- the base layer is contoured at a side of the base layer facing opposite a direction in which the plurality of pegs are protruding from the base layer,
- the side of the base layer facing opposite from the pegs is exposed, and
- wherein a contoured portion of the base layer is contoured in the direction away from the pegs and comprises a heel cup,
- wherein, in a longitudinal direction of the body, the heel cup is arranged at a first side of the body opposite to a second side of the body,
- wherein, in a direction in which the pegs are protruded from the base layer, at least one of the pegs at the first side of the body is shorter than another one of the pegs at the second side, and
- wherein a height is varied such that the height is greater at a medial portion of the heel cup between the first side and the second side than at an end of the body at the first side.
A peg insole comprising:
- an integrally molded unitary body,
- wherein the body consists of a base layer and a plurality of pegs protruding from the base layer,
- wherein the base layer is contoured,
- wherein a contoured portion of the base layer is contoured in the direction away from the pegs and comprises a heel cup,
- wherein, in a longitudinal direction of the body, the heel cup is arranged at a first side of the body opposite to a second side of the body, and
- wherein, in a direction in which the pegs are protruded from the base layer, at least one of the pegs at the first side of the body is shorter than another one of the pegs at the second side.
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