Walking device for remedying drop foot
AssigneeCaldwell Products, LLC
InventorsSteven Caldwell, Michael J. Caldwell
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Abstract
A walking device for remedying or alleviating symptoms of drop foot, the device wearable with an article of footwear, the device including a backing plate, wherein the backing plate includes an upper portion hingedly secured to a lower portion, a strap secured to the upper portion of the backing plate and extending outwardly therefrom for operatively securing to itself about a leg of a person, a spring including a first end secured to the strap, and a clip secured to a second end of the spring, wherein the clip is operatively arranged to engage with a pair of eyelets for laces of the footwear.
Claims18
A walking device for remedying or alleviating symptoms of drop foot, said device wearable with an article of footwear, said device comprising:
- a backing plate consisting of:
- an upper portion hingedly secured to a lower portion;
- a strap secured to said upper portion of said backing plate and extending outwardly therefrom for operatively securing to itself about a leg of a person;
- a spring including a first end secured to said strap;
- and,
- a clip secured to a second end of said spring, wherein said clip is operatively arranged to engage with a pair of eyelets for laces of said footwear, wherein said clip is substantially w-shaped.
A walking device for remedying or alleviating symptoms of drop foot, said device attachable to a leg of a person and wearable with an article of footwear on a foot of the person, said device comprising:
- a backing plate, wherein said backing plate includes an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion hingedly secured to said lower portion, wherein said lower portion terminates in a free end which is operatively arranged to be insertable into the article of footwear between the article of footwear and a heel of the foot of the person for enabling said backing plate to extend up from said article of footwear behind the leg of the person;
- a strap secured to said upper portion of said backing plate and extending outwardly therefrom for operatively securing to itself about the leg of the person;
- a spring including a first end operatively connected to said strap and a second end operatively connected to a portion of said footwear located in front of said leg of said person.
A walking device attachable to a leg of a person, comprising:
- an article of footwear;
- a hinge;
- a backing plate including:
- an upper portion fixedly secured to the hinge and arranged to be placed along a back of the leg;
- and,
- a lower portion:
- fixedly secured to the hinge;
- and,
- arranged to be inserted in the article of footwear between the article of footwear and a heel of the foot;
- a strap directly connected to the upper portion and arranged to wrap about the leg;
- and,
- a spring with:
- a first end connected to a portion of the strap;
- and,
- a second end arranged to engage the article of footwear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.