US180819A - Improvement in instep-supporters for boots and shoes - Google Patents

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  • the object of my invention is to provide a device for p'reventingstrains upon the instep, and at the same time to afford a firm and.
  • the elastic heal-lug for the hollow of the foot and the invention consists of a piece of sheet metal or other elastic material bent into a. ihepe to conform with the hollow of the foot and placed in the boot or shoe, but having no as tobe fiadily adapted to .the right or left foot by simply turning it end for end.
  • Figure l represen a perspective view .of my device.
  • Fig. 2 represents, in full size, the shape in which the sheet metal 'iscut before bending.
  • Fig. 3 rep nts'insection-my device in its application to thefoot.
  • Tflkld connection with the same, and so shaped and pressed into the shape shown in Fig. 1, so as to fit as nearly as possible the hollow of the foot, as shown in Fig. 3.
  • the ends B B are slightly curved in a reverse direction from the main portion A, so as to readily adapt it to the inner sole as a hearin g.
  • the inner edge a of the device conforms nearly its whole length to a plane, the outeredge b forming eensiderableof' a curve.
  • a reversihle instep-supporter of metal or other s u itable elastic material constructed as described, and adapted to be applied in a boot or shoe beneath the arch of the foot, substantially as specified.

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R. AMES.
INSTEP-SUPPORTERS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.
No. 180,819. Patented Aug.8,1876.
WITNEEEEE 'INWENTEIR- W fi Z ATESL P N OFFICE REGlNALD suns, or LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN.
mrnevsms'n'r m lNSTEP-SUPPORTERS FOIRBOOTS AND SHOES.
Specification forming part'of Letters latent No. 180,819, dated August 8, 1876; application filed r January 29,1876;
:1'0 all-whom it may Be it known that I, linemen) Arms, of London, in the county of Middlesex, in the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, have invented a new and useful device designed for the supportofithe hollow of the foot, or that portion under the instep, and which device I term an instep-Supporter, the same be ingti'ullihelhfflrihiin. the following-specification: 1 .l
The object of my invention is to provide a device for p'reventingstrains upon the instep, and at the same time to afford a firm and.
elastic heal-lug for the hollow of the foot; and the invention consists of a piece of sheet metal or other elastic material bent into a. ihepe to conform with the hollow of the foot and placed in the boot or shoe, but having no as tobe fiadily adapted to .the right or left foot by simply turning it end for end.
Referrin'gto the drawings, Figure l represen a perspective view .of my device.) Fig. 2 represents, in full size, the shape in which the sheet metal 'iscut before bending. Fig. 3 rep nts'insection-my device in its application to thefoot. A
p in; carryiiig' out my invention I first cut from chm wearer-elastic material apiecein thefi ah'oi'vhiii F-igi2 of any desired size. 'llhepieceis then placed in a mold'or former,
Tflkld connection with the same, and so shaped and pressed into the shape shown in Fig. 1, so as to fit as nearly as possible the hollow of the foot, as shown in Fig. 3. The ends B B are slightly curved in a reverse direction from the main portion A, so as to readily adapt it to the inner sole as a hearin g. The inner edge a of the device conforms nearly its whole length to a plane, the outeredge b forming eensiderableof' a curve.
- What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is-
As anew article of manufacture, a reversihle instep-supporter of metal or other s u itable elastic material, constructed as described, and adapted to be applied in a boot or shoe beneath the arch of the foot, substantially as specified.
. REGINALD AMES. Witnesses:
J osEPn F. Tommy, BENJ. Data. 4
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US2581605A (en) * 1946-10-25 1952-01-08 William M Scholl Arch support and method of making same
US5052130A (en) * 1987-12-08 1991-10-01 Wolverine World Wide, Inc. Spring plate shoe
US5191727A (en) * 1986-12-15 1993-03-09 Wolverine World Wide, Inc. Propulsion plate hydrodynamic footwear
US5315769A (en) * 1986-12-15 1994-05-31 Barry Daniel T Teardrop propulsion plate footwear
US5319866A (en) * 1991-08-21 1994-06-14 Reebok International Ltd. Composite arch member
US5528842A (en) * 1989-02-08 1996-06-25 The Rockport Company, Inc. Insert for a shoe sole
US5611152A (en) * 1995-03-02 1997-03-18 Converse Inc. Shoe sole construction containing a composite plate
US6237251B1 (en) 1991-08-21 2001-05-29 Reebok International Ltd. Athletic shoe construction
US20040003515A1 (en) * 2002-07-02 2004-01-08 William Marvin Shoe having an inflatable bladder
US20050276626A1 (en) * 2004-06-10 2005-12-15 Ahne Adam J Imaging apparatus having interface device for print mode selection
US20070046804A1 (en) * 2005-08-30 2007-03-01 Olympus Corporation Image capturing apparatus and image display apparatus
US7278445B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2007-10-09 Reebok International Ltd. Shoe having an inflatable bladder
US8037623B2 (en) 2001-06-21 2011-10-18 Nike, Inc. Article of footwear incorporating a fluid system
US8677652B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2014-03-25 Reebok International Ltd. Shoe having an inflatable bladder
US20170181495A1 (en) * 2015-12-28 2017-06-29 Trustees Of Boston University Method and Apparatus to Assist Foot Motion About the Pronation Axis

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2581605A (en) * 1946-10-25 1952-01-08 William M Scholl Arch support and method of making same
US5191727A (en) * 1986-12-15 1993-03-09 Wolverine World Wide, Inc. Propulsion plate hydrodynamic footwear
US5315769A (en) * 1986-12-15 1994-05-31 Barry Daniel T Teardrop propulsion plate footwear
US5052130A (en) * 1987-12-08 1991-10-01 Wolverine World Wide, Inc. Spring plate shoe
US5528842A (en) * 1989-02-08 1996-06-25 The Rockport Company, Inc. Insert for a shoe sole
US5319866A (en) * 1991-08-21 1994-06-14 Reebok International Ltd. Composite arch member
US6237251B1 (en) 1991-08-21 2001-05-29 Reebok International Ltd. Athletic shoe construction
US5611152A (en) * 1995-03-02 1997-03-18 Converse Inc. Shoe sole construction containing a composite plate
US8037623B2 (en) 2001-06-21 2011-10-18 Nike, Inc. Article of footwear incorporating a fluid system
US7340851B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2008-03-11 Reebok International Ltd. Shoe having an inflatable bladder
US8151489B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2012-04-10 Reebok International Ltd. Shoe having an inflatable bladder
US6785985B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2004-09-07 Reebok International Ltd. Shoe having an inflatable bladder
US7047670B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2006-05-23 Reebok International Ltd. Shoe having an inflatable bladder
US7152625B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2006-12-26 Reebok International Ltd. Combination check valve and release valve
US7513067B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2009-04-07 Reebok International Ltd. Shoe having an inflatable bladder
US7278445B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2007-10-09 Reebok International Ltd. Shoe having an inflatable bladder
US7337560B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2008-03-04 Reebok International Ltd. Shoe having an inflatable bladder
US6988329B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2006-01-24 Reebok International Ltd. Shoe having an inflatable bladder
US10251450B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2019-04-09 Reebok International Limited Shoe having an inflatable bladder
US7735241B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2010-06-15 Reebok International, Ltd. Shoe having an inflatable bladder
US7721465B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2010-05-25 Reebok International Ltd. Shoe having an inflatable bladder
US20040003515A1 (en) * 2002-07-02 2004-01-08 William Marvin Shoe having an inflatable bladder
US9474323B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2016-10-25 Reebok International Limited Shoe having an inflatable bladder
US8677652B2 (en) 2002-07-02 2014-03-25 Reebok International Ltd. Shoe having an inflatable bladder
US20050276626A1 (en) * 2004-06-10 2005-12-15 Ahne Adam J Imaging apparatus having interface device for print mode selection
US20070046804A1 (en) * 2005-08-30 2007-03-01 Olympus Corporation Image capturing apparatus and image display apparatus
US20170181495A1 (en) * 2015-12-28 2017-06-29 Trustees Of Boston University Method and Apparatus to Assist Foot Motion About the Pronation Axis
US10219581B2 (en) * 2015-12-28 2019-03-05 Trustees Of Boston University Method and apparatus to assist foot motion about the pronation axis

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