Footwear/insole for footwear
AssigneeFootJacks Ltd
InventorMark Stern
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Abstract
A footbed for supporting a person's foot is formed with one or more voids which removes support beneath either at least part of the heel which is lateral to the midline of the heel and which does not extend medially of the midline, or beneath the medial process of the tuber calcanei, or a combination of the two. Such voids stabilise those parts of the heel which functionally form an abutment to support the medial and lateral longitudinal arches of the foot, in order to prevent pronation.
Claims23
A footbed for supporting a person's foot, wherein the footbed is formed with one of more voids which remove support beneath either:
- at least part of the heel which is lateral to the midline of the heel and which does not extend medially of the midline, and with no other void in the part of the heel medial to the midline;
- or beneath the medial process of the tuber calcanei;
- or beneath both the lateral part of the heel and the medial process of the tuber calcanei, thereby to stabilise those parts of the heel which functionally form abutments in the calcaneus to support the medial and lateral longitudinal arches of the foot.
A footbed for supporting a person's foot, wherein the footbed includes a forefoot area receiving the parts of the foot beneath at least the heads of the first and fifth metatarsals, such that in use the heads of the first and fifth metatarsals are raised relative to the anterior-medial calcaneal ground contact of the heel by at least 0.5 cm, and the toes are level with or lower than the heads of the first and fifth metatarsals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.