Orthopedically adjustable shoe construction
OwnerHenri E. Roseninventor
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Abstract
A shoe construction is described in which generally concealed means can be manually adjusted to change the degree of transverse orthopedic foot support provided by the shoe.
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A shoe comprising a shoe having an upper, a sole, and an adjustable footbed canting assembly comprising an adjustably movable side wedge which moves predominantly laterally relative to the length-wise axis of the shoe to change the transverse canting attitude of the footbed canting assembly relative to a weight-bearing foot thereover and supported thereon.
An adjustable foot support system for use in a shoe, having a toe portion, a heel portion, and a mid-portion therebetween, comprising
- (i) a footbed assembly which has a longitudinal center, a flat bottom surface and an upper surface which has raised peripheral edges at the mid-portion that slope gradually downward from each edge toward the longitudinal center of the foot-bed assembly so as to form a concave shaped surface facing upward at about the mid-portion;
- (ii) a shim member having a toe portion, a heel portion, a mid-portion there-between and comprising a wedge, wherein the wedge is joined at the toe portion and the heel portion and has a central hinge area therebetween, and having a flat upper surface and a lower surface which has a transversely wedged contour at about the mid-portions of the shim facing downward, thereby matching and fitting together with the footbed assembly located therebelow, and having the shim mid-portion being narrower than the corresponding footbed assembly mid-portion location, and
- (iii) a means located forward of the breast of the heel for moving the wedge transversely to adjust the angle of the flat upper surface of the shim member relative to the flat bottom surface of the footbed assembly.
A shoe comprising a shoe upper, a shoe bottom, and an adjustable foot support system in the shoe, said support system comprising:
- (i) a footbed assembly having a longitudinal center, a toe portion, a heel portion, and a mid-portion there-between, and having a bottom surface and an upper surface which has raised peripheral edges at the mid-portion that slope gradually downward from each edge toward the longitudinal center of the footbed assembly so as to form a concave shaped surface facing upward at the mid-portion;
- (ii) a shim member having a toe portion, a heel portion, a mid-portion there-between and comprising a wedge, wherein the wedge is joined at the toe portion and the heel portion and has a central hinge area therebetween, and having a flat upper surface and a lower surface which has a transversely wedged contour at about the mid-portions of the shim facing downward, thereby matching and fitting together with the footbed assembly located therebelow, and having the shim mid-portion being narrower than the corresponding footbed assembly mid-portion location, and (iii) a means located forward of the breast of the heel of the shoe for moving the wedge transversely to adjust the angle of the flat upper surface of the shim member relative to the flat bottom surface of the footbed assembly.
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