Foot alignment tool
AssigneeVertical Orthotics Pty Ltd
InventorNeil Robert Smith
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Abstract
A foot alignment tool is configured for aligning a foot bearing a load. The tool extends between a handle at one end and a support lever at an opposing end and is characterized in that the support lever is configured to be received under or substantially under the medial longitudinal arch or the cuboid of the foot and configured to be rotated so as translate and/or rotate the foot from the inside of the foot to the outside of the foot or from the outside of the foot to the inside of the foot by a predetermined amount about a foot heel-toe axis wherein the support lever is configured to apply a predetermined torque.
Claims17
-23. (canceled)
A method of forming a corrective foot orthotic for a foot of a user, the foot being under a load, the method comprising the steps of:
- placing the foot on a foot support surface so that the foot is under a load;
- adhering at least an upper sheet and a lower sheet of thermo-formable plastic material together to form a set of thermo-formable sheets;
- adhering a non-plastic sheet layer to an underside of the set of thermo-formable sheets;
- heating the set of thermo-formable sheets to a predetermined temperature and then disposing the set of thermo-formable sheets intermediate the foot and the foot support surface;
- before the set of thermo-formable sheets fully cools, disposing a foot alignment tool intermediate the foot support surface and the underside of the set of thermo-formable sheets so that the foot alignment tool is disposed under or substantially under a the medial longitudinal arch of the foot, the foot alignment tool having an outer end and a support lever at an end opposing the outer end;
- before the set of thermo-formable sheets fully cools, rotating the foot alignment tool such that a predetermined amount of torque is applied to the foot so as to translate and/or rotate the foot from an inside of the foot to an the outside of the foot by a predetermined amount about a foot heel-toe axis to thereby move the foot into a corrected position;
- allowing the set of thermo-formable sheets to fully cool;
- and
- adhering a top sheet layer to the set of thermo-formable sheets.
A method of forming a corrective foot orthotic for a foot of a user, the foot being under a load, the method comprising the steps of:
- placing the foot on a foot support surface so that the foot is under a load;
- adhering at least an upper sheet and a lower sheet of thermo-formable plastic material together to form a set of thermo-formable sheets;
- adhering a non-plastic sheet layer to an underside of the set of thermo-formable sheets;
- heating the set of thermo-formable sheets to a predetermined temperature and then disposing the set of thermo-formable sheets intermediate the foot and the foot support surface;
- before the set of thermo-formable sheets fully cools, disposing a foot alignment tool intermediate the foot support surface and the underside of the set of thermo-formable sheets so that the foot alignment tool is disposed under or substantially under a cuboid bone of the foot, the foot alignment tool having an outer end and a support lever at an end opposing the outer end;
- before the set of thermo-formable sheets fully cools, rotating the foot alignment tool such that a predetermined amount of torque is applied to the foot so as to translate and/or rotate the foot from an inside of the foot to an outside of the foot by a predetermined amount about a foot heel-toe axis to thereby move the foot into a corrected position;
- allowing the set of thermo-formable sheets to fully cool;
- and
- adhering a top sheet layer to the set of thermo-formable sheets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.