Orthotic
OwnerWilliam E. Nordt, IIIinventor
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Abstract
An orthotic device comprising a generally foot shaped body including depressable relief segments that underlie the metatarsal-phalangeal aspect of the foot and, optionally, the heel of the foot. The relief segments are provided by relieved areas cut or otherwise provided in the indicated areas of the orthotic device in such a way as to interdigitate within the device to define resilient segments that are depressed by the application of the weight of a user thereto and return to their original configuration upon removal of some or all that weight.
Claims18
A orthotic device comprising a generally foot sole shaped base of a material the resists flexing and having a metatarsal-phalangeal area and a heel area and including an interdigitated prongs in the metatarsal-phalangeal area of the orthotic device that underlies the metatarsal-phalangeal aspect of the foot of the user.
An orthotic device comprising a generally foot sole shaped base of a material that resists flexing and having a metatarsal-phalangeal area and a heel area and including interdigitated prongs comprising a generally radial array of inwardly extending prongs in the metatarsal-phalangeal area of the orthotic device that underlies the metatarsal-phalangeal aspect of the foot of a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.