Footwear insole with adjustable arch support
AssigneePedifix, Inc.
InventorsJon Patrick CASE, John A. Galbraith
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Abstract
A footwear insole includes an insole body extending along a longitudinal direction between opposite end regions. An elongated recessed arch cavity is formed in the insole body at an arch region between the end regions. The recessed arch cavity has a bottom opening at a lower surface of the insole body. One of a plurality of arch inserts of different hardnesses is selected, and is inserted through the bottom opening and mounted in the recessed arch cavity for supporting a wearer's arch during wear. The selected arch insert is adjustably positioned at a selected one of a plurality of positions spaced apart along the longitudinal direction for adjustably supporting the wearer's arch.
Claims14
A footwear insole, comprising:
- an insole body extending along a longitudinal direction between opposite end regions, the insole body having an upper surface, a lower surface opposite the upper surface, and an elongated recessed arch cavity located at an arch region between the end regions, the recessed arch cavity having a bottom opening at the lower surface of the insole body;
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- an adjustable arch insert inserted through the bottom opening and mounted in the recessed arch cavity for supporting a wearer's arch during wear, the arch insert being adjustably positioned at a selected one of a plurality of positions spaced apart along the longitudinal direction for adjustably supporting the wearer's arch.
A method of adjustably supporting a wearer's arch, comprising:
- configuring a footwear insole with an insole body that extends along a longitudinal direction between opposite end regions;
- forming an elongated recessed arch cavity in the insole body at an arch region between the end regions, the recessed arch cavity having a bottom opening at a lower surface of the insole body;
- inserting an arch insert through the opening, and mounting the arch insert in the recessed arch cavity to support the wearer's arch during wear;
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- adjustably positioning the arch insert at a selected one of a plurality of positions spaced apart along the longitudinal direction to adjustably support the wearer's arch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.