Drop foot device

A device for compensating functional disabilities of the foot of a wearer, the device comprising:

• a first attachment member arranged for attachment about a lower leg of a wearer, the first attachment member having a flexible attachment strap adapted to flexibly wrap about the entirety of a lower leg, and a first coupling member having a first end connected to the attachment strap and flexibly extending from the first attachment member and directed toward the foot;
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• a second attachment member formed from a flexible material and arranged to be placed over a wearer's foot and modeled to an instep shape of the foot, the second attachment member located in the area of the instep of the foot, the second attachment member having a second coupling member extending therefrom and directed toward the lower leg of the wearer;
• wherein the first and second coupling members detachably couple to one another such that the first and second coupling members combine to extend at an acute angle from a lower leg of the wearer at a point above the joint of a leg and foot to a point forward of the leg at the instep of a foot;
• wherein the second attachment member is in the form of a flat plate having a width greater than an upper closure of a shoe so that it is arranged to extend underneath shoe upper parts abutting the upper closure.

A device for compensating functional disabilities of the foot of a wearer, the device comprising:

• a first attachment member arranged for attachment about a lower leg of a wearer, the first attachment member having a flexible attachment strap adapted to flexibly wrap about the entirety of a lower leg, and a first connecting member having a first end secured to the attachment strap and a second end flexibly extending from the attachment strap and directed toward the foot, the second end having a first coupling element attached thereto;
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• a second attachment member formed from a flexible material arranged to be placed over the wearer's foot and modeled to an instep shape of the foot, the second attachment member located in the area of the instep of the foot, the second attachment member having a second coupling member extending therefrom and directed toward the lower leg of the wearer;
• wherein the first and second attachment members coupling to one another via the first and second coupling elements, the first connecting member extending at an acute angle from a lower leg of the wearer at a point above the joint of a leg and foot to a point forward of the leg at the instep of a foot;
• wherein the first and second coupling elements have a plurality of locations longitudinally spaced along the elongated flexible connecting member for selectively and detachably holding together the two coupling elements longitudinally aligned.