Footwear having an elastic correcting strap for treating and preventing foot malpositions
AssigneeHallufix AG
InventorsManfred Brass, Franz Fischer
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Abstract
Footwear for treating and preventing foot malpositions, in particular for treating and preventing hallux valgus, comprising a holding element configured for securing a foot relative to the footwear; and a tensioning element configured to be fastened to a toe and configured, in a state in which the footwear is fastened to the foot, to exert a first corrective force on the toe and to exert a second corrective force directed opposite to the first corrective force on a metatarsophalangeal joint of the toe, wherein the tensioning element is an elastic correcting strap.
Claims17
Footwear for treating and preventing foot malpositions, comprising:
- a sole comprising an outsole and an insole;
- a holding element configured for securing a foot relative to the footwear;
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- a tensioning element configured to be fastened to a toe and configured, in a state in which the footwear is fastened to the foot, to exert a first corrective force on a toe and to exert a second corrective force directed opposite to the first corrective force on a metatarsophalangeal joint of the toe, the tensioning element comprising an elastic correcting strap, wherein
- the holding element comprises a holding strap and a further holding strap, wherein
- the holding strap is configured to, in a state in which the footwear is fastened to the foot, secure at least one further toe being arranged adjacent to the toe, a further metatarsophalangeal joint, or both, relative to the footwear, and
- the further holding strap, in a state in which the footwear is fastened to the foot, secures a metatarsal region of the foot relative to the footwear and lies against the foot in the region of its instep, and wherein oppositely arranged end sections of the correcting strap, the holding strap and the further holding strap are guided into the sole and arranged between the outsole and the in-sole and connected thereto in a form-fittingly and/or force-fittingly and/or adhesive manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.