# US 9,516,915 B2 · Foot pad > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,516,915 B2 - Document ID: US9516915B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/604,732 - Filed: 2015-01-25 - Published: 2016-07-28 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2015-01-25 - Applicants: Yuliya Zhurba - Inventors: Yuliya Zhurba - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9516915B2 ## CPC - A43B 7/26: with toe-spacers or toe-spreaders - A41B 11/004: {Hosiery with separated toe sections} - A41D 13/06: Knee or foot {(protectors for the legs of players or sportsmen A63B71/1225)} - A41D 27/12: Shields or protectors - A43B 3/126: {characterised by the shape or layout of the straps} - A43B 3/0078: {provided with logos, letters, signatures or the like decoration (A43B23/24 takes precedence)} - A43B 17/006: {multilayered} - A61F 5/14: Special medical insertions for shoes for flat-feet, club-feet or the like - A43B: CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR - A41B: SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS - A41D: OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) ## Abstract In described embodiments, the invention provides a foot pad having a generally planar substrate having a medial side and a lateral side and an upper surface extending between the medial side and the lateral side. A first toe loop extends upwardly from the medial side. The first toe loop has a first size. A second toe loop extends upwardly from the lateral side. The second toe loop has a second size, smaller than the first size. A third toe loop extends upwardly between the first toe loop and the second toe loop. The third toe loop is smaller than the first toe loop. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A foot pad comprising: a generally planar substrate having a medial side, a lateral side, an anterior portion, and a posterior portion; an upper surface of the substrate extending between the medial side, the lateral side, the anterior portion, and the posterior portion; a first toe loop extending upwardly from the medial side with a first edge, the first toe loop having a first size and being adapted to fit a big toe; a second toe loop extending upwardly from the lateral side with a second edge, the second toe loop having a second size and being adapted to fit a pinky toe, smaller than the first size; a third toe loop extending upwardly between the first toe loop and the second toe loop, the third toe loop having a third edge, and the third toe loop being smaller than the first toe loop and being adapted sized to fit a fourth toe; wherein the substrate further comprises the anterior portion having an anterior edge and the posterior portion having a posterior edge; and wherein the first edge, the second edge, the third edge, the anterior edge, and the posterior edge together form a continuous edge. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The foot pad according to claim 1, wherein the third toe loop is larger than the second toe loop. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The foot pad according to claim 1, wherein the first toe loop has a first side extending from the medial side and a second side attached to the upper surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The foot pad according to claim 1, wherein the second toe loop has a first side extending from the lateral side and a second side attached to the upper surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The foot pad according to claim 1, wherein the third toe loop has a first side extending upwardly from the upper surface and a second side extending upwardly from the upper surface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The foot pad according to claim 1, wherein the first, second, and third toe loops are attached to the anterior portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The foot pad according to claim 1, further comprising an adhesive on the upper surface, and wherein the foot pad further comprises an adhesive backing releasably attached to the adhesive. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The foot pad according to claim 7, wherein the adhesive backing comprises a pull tab attached to an anterior portion of the adhesive backing and extending toward a posterior portion of the cover. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The foot pad according to claim 1, wherein the first toe loop tapers from the lateral side toward the medial side. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The foot pad according to claim 1, further comprising at least one toe loop extending between the first toe loop and the third toe loop. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The foot pad according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the toe loops has at least one indicia extending in a medial-to-lateral direction around the circumference of the at least one of the toe loops. ### Claim 12 A foot pad comprising: a generally planar substrate having a medial side, a lateral side, an anterior portion, and a posterior portion; an upper surface of the substrate extending between the medial side, the lateral side, the anterior portion, and the posterior portion; a first toe loop extending anteriorly of the substrate proximal to the medial side and having a first edge, the first toe loop having a first size; a second toe loop extending anteriorly of the substrate proximal to the lateral side and having a second edge, the second toe loop having a second size, smaller than the first size; and a third toe loop extending anteriorly of the substrate between the first toe loop and the second toe loop, the third toe loop having a third edge, and the third toe loop having a third size, smaller than the first size; wherein the substrate further comprises the anterior portion having an anterior edge and the posterior portion having a posterior edge; and wherein the first edge, the second edge, the third edge, the anterior edge, and the posterior edge together form a continuous edge. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The foot pad according to claim 12, wherein the first toe loop comprises an arcuate top wall extending from the medial side toward the third toe loop. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The foot pad according to claim 12, wherein the second toe loop comprises an arcuate top wall extending from the lateral side toward the third toe loop. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The foot pad according to claim 12, further comprising at least one toe loop extending anteriorly of the substrate between the first toe loop and the third toe loop. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The foot pad according to claim 12, wherein at least one of the toe loops has at least one perforation extending in a medial-to-lateral direction around the circumference of the at least one of the toe loops. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The foot pad according to claim 12, further comprising an adhesive on the substrate. ### Claim 18 A foot pad comprising: a generally planar substrate having a medial side, a lateral side, an anterior portion, and a posterior portion; an upper surface of the substrate extending between the medial side, the lateral side, the anterior portion, and the posterior portion; a first toe loop extending anteriorly of the substrate and having a first edge, the first toe loop having a first size adapted to fit a big toe; a second toe loop extending anteriorly of the substrate and having a second edge, the second toe loop having a second size adapted to fit a pinky toe, smaller than the first size; a third toe loop extending anteriorly of the substrate between the first toe loop and the second toe loop, the third toe loop having a third edge, and the third toe loop having a size adapted to fit a fourth toe; wherein the substrate further comprises the anterior portion having an anterior edge and the posterior portion having a posterior edge; and wherein the first edge, the second edge, the third edge, the anterior edge, and the posterior edge together form a continuous edge.