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US 6,602,217 B2Granted
Foot drop assistance device
AssigneeCK Partners, LLC
InventorsMichael K. Crawford, James M. Killian
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Abstract
A foot drop support arrangement including a leg member and a strap having a first end supportable between the big toe and an adjacent end and a removable attachment mechanism for attaching the second end to the leg member whereby a user can support his or her toe end of the foot from a leg support without necessity for a shoe and with ease of installation for a foot drop patient upon getting up after sleeping.
Claims3
A foot drop support arrangement comprising,
- a leg member (12) arranged and designed for removable securement about a lower leg,
- a strap (30) having a toe end and a leg end, with the toe end arranged and designed for support solely from a toe-end portion of a foot and a leg end arranged and designed for removable attachment to said leg member (12), whereby said arrangement provides support to said toe-end portion of said foot without support from a shoe, wherein
- said leg member (12) includes a first strip (14) having inner (16) and outer (15) sides having a section (18) of hook material attached to said outer (15) side at one end of the strip (14) and a first section (20) of loop material attached at the inner (20) side of said strip at the other end of the strip (14),
- said strip (14) being arranged and designed for said inner (16) side of said strip being wrapped about said leg with said first section of loop material (20) removably fastened to a portion (A) of said hook material (18),
- wherein said strap (30) includes a second strip (36) having a toe end and a leg end, with said toe end including means for support from a front portion of said foot and said leg end having a second loop section (32) attached thereto, and wherein
- said leg end of said strap (30) is removably secured to said leg member (12) when said leg member (12) is wrapped about said leg with said loop section (32) attached to a part (B) of said hook portion (18) of said first said strip (14), and
- said second strip (36) has a button secured at its toe end and with outer ends of said strip being folded and secured together to form a vertical fold.
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A foot drop support arranged for a barefoot person comprising,
- a leg member (12) arranged and designed for removable securement about a lower leg,
- a strap (30) having,
- a toe end and a leg end with the toe end arranged and designed for support from a button (40) placed between a big toe shoe and an adjacent toe without any support from a shoe, and
- a leg end arranged and designed for removable attachment to said leg member (12),
- wherein said toe end of said strap (30) includes a strip (36) with said button (40) secured at said toe end and with outer ends of said toe end of said strip (36) being folded and secured together to form a vertical fold (42).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.