US 4,726,126 A · Shoe, particularly intended for rehabilitation purposes

Abstract

A shoe having an upper portion with a slit opening, through which an insert is placed or placeable into the shoe upper between its upper material and the lining portion, specifically intended for the purpose of rehabilitation, which shoe is designed such that it can be better adapted to various types of foot shapes. The shoe is intended to enable the plaster cast or other support cast, normally necessary in the healing process and employed for foot injuries or foot surgery, to be removed after a short time. This is achieved in preferred embodiments through use of at least one insert 6 of flexible material that has a plate-like configuration. At least one side of insert 6, and a facing inner surface of the shoe upper material coming into contact therewith, has a surface which provides that, at least between these two inner surfaces coming into contact, there is sufficient friction to cause insert 6 to be retained in place during the wearing of the shoe.

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Dependent claims

A shoe for the physical protection of a foot during medical rehabilitation thereof having an upper portoin with at least one slit opening, through which an insert is placeable into a space that is located between material of which the upper portion is formed and a lining for said upper portion, and at least one insert of compressible material that is conformable to the shape of the foot by compression of the insert and that is of a plate-like configuration;

wherein at least one side of the insert and a respective inner shoe surface contacting said at least one side have means for producing sufficient frictional contact therebetween to prevent displacement of the insert relative to the inner shoe surface while the shoe is worn.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Shoe, particularly intended for rehabilitation purposes

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Shoe, particularly intended for rehabilitation purposes

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Abstract

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