US1866598A - Adjustable and removable metatarsal pad - Google Patents

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y 1932- R. H. JOHNSON 1,866,598

ADJUSTABLE AND REMOVABLE IETATARSAL PAD Filed Nov. 18. 1927 I. VA'sAA" Patented July 12, i632 3085 H; JOHNSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ADJUSTABLE AND REMOVABLE IETATARSAL PAD Application filed November 18, 1927. Serial No. 234,195.

My invention relates to an adjustable and removable metatarsal pad, the primary object of which is to provide a'pad of a simple, inexpensive nature which can be placed with Q in the shoe in properiposition to support the metatarsal bones and muscles of the foot.

A feature of m invention resides in providing a ad which can be made up economically an which is formed with piercing points projecting from the under side of the same which are adapted to engage in the inner sole of a shoe to hold the metatarsal pad v in proper position. These engaging points permit the pad to be held firmly in place yet permit it to be easily removed. This is an important feature of my invention because these metatarsal pads are made of a felt or wool-like material and when they become impregnated with perspiration it is de- .80 sirable to change the same for a new pad.

My invention includes a metatarsal pad having a cushion made of felt, wool, or other suitab e substance with the side edges beveled ofi a manner to slope toward the outer 85 periphery of the same, while the -center portion curves upward to form the body of the pad. I provide a plate of thin sheet metal on the under side of the pad and by asuitable fiexible means the late is held in central 80 position beneath the ody of the pad and this plate is provided with piercing points which project downward in a manner to readily engage the inner sole of a shoe to hold the pad in place.

These features, together with other details and objects of the invention will be more clearly and fully set forth in the specification and claims.

In the drawing forming part of my specification:

Figure 1 is a section'al side view of a shoe illustrating diagrammatically the foot within the same and my metatarsal pad in the position it would assume in use.

Figure 2 is a plan view of my pad; Figure 3 is an enlarged section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a side plate. Figure 5-is a plan view of the same.

view of the attaching Figure 6 is a diagrammatic outline of the sole of a shoe illustrating my metatarsal pad in plan view placed in the approximate position that it would assume in use,

My metatarsal pad Ais of a very simple, inexpensive construction having a body'portion B formed of felt or a wool pad with an upwardly projecting central portion 10 and a side beveled peripheral edge 11 extending about the same.

The pad A is of any suitable thickness and of such a shape as illustrated in Figure 2 or any other suitable shape best adapted to the formation of the foot. The pad A is adapted to form the supporting means for the metatarsal bones O of a uman beings foot and by using my adjustable removable metatarsal pad A the person can adjust the same within the shoe at a point or place which feels most comfortable. 7 y

I provide a particular means for holding my metatarsal pad A which includes a metal plate 12 having depending piercing points 13. This plate 12 is of-a thin sheet material very light in weight and the piercing points 13 are cut out of the body portion 14 of the plate 12, leaving the openings 15'where the piercing points 13 have been cut from the ody 14. a

The plate 12 is held to the bottom of the pad A by means of the flexible portion 16 which extends over the entire bottom of the pad A and which is sealed securely to the under side of the pad A in a manner to hold the plate 12 in approximately acentral 0- sition with the iercing'points 13' extending through the flexi le member 16.

The flexible or textile strip 16 is adapted to extend through the openings 15 and engage with the under side' of the pad A,.thus providing an attaching means to assist in bolding the plate 12 in'position in relation to. the

pad. I also provide a central opening 18 in the plate12so that the textile material 16 ma press up and meet the under side of the b6 y 10' of the pad A, thus firmly and securel'y attaching the plate 12 in a fixed position, virtually equally spaced from the outer periphery so as to position the plate beneath the body 10 of the pad.

The plate 12 has a rigid construction when it is formed of metal and this provides 'ust the right amount of stiffening to the pa A.

-The felt B of the pad A is soft so as to fit into the arch 17 of the foot beneath the metatarsal bones G and the holding means lfi-is of a flexible nature so that the plate 12 provides the necessary rigidity to the pad A to make a more practical and more desirable metatarsal support.

In this manner 1 provide a metatarsal pad A having a flexible felt body B of a soft pliable nature adapted to form the desired support to the muscles and bones of the foot in a shoe and having a firm rigid back formation in the plate 12 which provides the proper rigidity and holding means for holding the pad A adjustable and removable to the inner sole E of the shoe F. I have found that my metatarsal pad A is of a very desirable nature as it overcomes the objectionable features of metatarsal pads which are glued to the inner I sole so that they cannot be removed or adjusted, and by the inexpensive, simple con- W struction 1i provide a metatarsal pad which is easily replaced by a new pad when the old one becomes soiled, or it can be easily adjusted b the user so as to place it in the most comtortable position Within the shoe. This is a very marked feature of advantage in my invention.

In accordance with the patent statutes 1 have described the principles of o eration of my metatarsal pad and While I ave illus trated a particular formation, construction and arrangement of the parts, I desire to have it understood that the same is only illustra= tive of a means of carrying out my invention and that the same may be applied to uses other than those above set forth Without departing from the spirit of my invention but Within the scope oi' the following claims:

I claim:

1. A metatarsal pad including, a felt body portion, a plate adapted to be positioned 7 against the back of said body, securing means for holding said plate-to said bod portion,

and piercing points formed on sai plate by bending down out portions from the bod of the plate leaving apertures through w ich the securing means may be further secured to the body portion.

2. A metatarsal pad including a soft body portion a plate adapted to be secured to the ack of said body portion, pie cing oints formed in staid plate remote from the e ge of the same, and. ent in a manner to project therefrom, apertures formed in said plate by the bending of said points, and a textile covering securing said plate to said body secured to said body portion about said plate and through said apertures. I

ROSS H. JOHNSON.

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