Foot support and protection system
OwnerJames Jay Searsinventor
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Abstract
A novel foot support device includes a first sidewall adapted to engage the lateral side of a first foot, a second sidewall adapted to engage the lateral side of a second foot, and a backwall adapted to engage both the plantar region of the first foot and the plantar region of the second foot. In a particular embodiment, the first sidewall includes an inclined interior surface, the second sidewall includes an inclined interior surface, and the backwall includes an inclined interior surface. In another particular embodiment, the foot support device includes two discrete regions, one of which engages a user's left foot and the other of which engages the user's right foot.
Claims20
A foot protection device comprising:
- a base disposed to support and stabilize said foot protection device on a flat surface;
- and
- a wall coupled to said base and partially surrounding a space for receiving feet of a user in a supine position, said wall defining an opening to facilitate passage of said feet of said user into said space, said space having a width, a length and a height defined by said wall and sufficient to receive said feet of said user;
- and wherein
- said width, said length, and said height are proportioned with respect to one another to prevent fabric draped over said foot protection device from contacting said feet of said user.
A method for protecting the feet of a person from contact with bed linens;
- said method comprising:
- providing a person, lying in a supine position on a flat surface;
- providing a foot protection device;
- positioning said foot protection device to rest on said flat surface and to partially surround said feet of said person;
- and
- draping said bed linens over said foot protection device;
- and wherein said foot protection device is shaped to prevent said bed linens from contacting said feet of said person.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.