Footwear for orthopedic or sports use
AssigneeF.G.P. S.R.L.
InventorsMoreno FERRIGOLO, Alberto TURRINI, Luca DALLA PAOLA
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Abstract
A boot-type orthopedic or sports footwear usable for controlled walking with stiffening for the lower extremities of legs, comprises: a sole provided with a substantially vertical rear positioning element; a first pair of rear half-hulls, each of which is hinged onto the sole and which cover, when in the closed position, an ankle and part of the lower portion of a leg, i.e. the calcaneal-tibial-tarsal zone, of an individual who is wearing the footwear; a second pair of front half-hulls, each of which is hinged onto the sole and which cover, when in the closed position, at least an upper part of a foot of the individual who is wearing the footwear.
Claims13
A boot-type orthopedic or sports footwear usable for controlled walking and adapted to stiffen a lower extremity of a leg of an individual, comprising:
- a sole having an upper resting base for a foot;
- a substantially vertical rear element for facilitating the positioning of the foot on the upper base of the sole;
- a first pair of rear half-hulls, each of which comprises a lower edge hinged to a rear lateral edge of the sole so that each of the rear half-hulls can rotate from an open position in which the half-hulls are spread completely apart relative to the sole, to a closed position in which the two half-hulls are reciprocally joined to each other along an edge on a plane passing through the centerline of the sole, and are further connected to an edge of the rear element so as to be able to cover an ankle and a calcaneal-tibial-tarsal zone of a leg of the individual;
- a second pair of front half-hulls, each of which comprises a lower edge hinged to a front lateral edge of the sole so that each of the front half-hulls can rotate from an open position in which the half-hulls are spread completely apart relative to the sole, to a the closed position in which the two half-hulls are reciprocally joined to each other along an edge on a plane passing through the centerline of the sole, and are further connected to the rear half-hulls so as to be able to cover an upper part of the foot.
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