US2586057A - Foot-supporting means - Google Patents

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US2586057A
US2586057A US765981A US76598147A US2586057A US 2586057 A US2586057 A US 2586057A US 765981 A US765981 A US 765981A US 76598147 A US76598147 A US 76598147A US 2586057 A US2586057 A US 2586057A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B7/00—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements
    • A43B7/14—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts
    • A43B7/1405—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form
    • A43B7/1415—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form characterised by the location under the foot
    • A43B7/1425—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form characterised by the location under the foot situated under the ball of the foot, i.e. the joint between the first metatarsal and first phalange
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B7/00—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements
    • A43B7/14—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B7/00—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements
    • A43B7/14—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts
    • A43B7/1405—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form
    • A43B7/1415—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form characterised by the location under the foot
    • A43B7/1445—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form characterised by the location under the foot situated under the midfoot, i.e. the second, third or fourth metatarsal

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  • the most important tensile tissues of the foot arch are the nexor muscles of the toes, particularly those of the big toe. Consequently, in the interest of an invigoration of the foot arch the free unhampered activity particularly of these muscles has to be preserved.
  • the hitherto usual foot supports, while shoring-up the foot arch, have subjected the muscles of the foot sole at the same time to a strong pressure, and have thereby hampered their mobility to a great extent. The consequence has been a gradual muscle atrophy and therefore a forcible weakening of the foot.
  • the present invention provides a device in the form of a shoe inset, sole or the like which fulfills the double task of supporting the foot and at the same time invigorating the same,
  • the device comprises a resilient bridge in the range of the outer recess of the balls of the foot (transverse planar arch) which raises the foot there, prevents it from developing outwards when walking, and forces it to perform a natural developing movement of the foot over the big toe.
  • Fig. 1 shows, as the first embodiment, a ladys shoe with the device built-in as a shoe inset, in lateralview and longitudinal section.
  • Fig. 2 is a plan view of the sole of the shoe.
  • Fig. 3 shows, as a second embodiment, the device built-in between the outer sole and the insole of a shoe, in elevation and in section.
  • Figs. 4 and 5' show, as a third embodiment, the device as an inset sole in longitudinal section and plan view, respectively.
  • the device is cemented on the nsole l of the shoe 2, forming an inset.
  • a resilient steel plate 4 is inserted into a recess as a bridging means therefor, and is covered on its under side by a cover 5 of the same shape as the pad 3.
  • the cover 5 is cemented with the pad 3 which may, for example, consist 0f rubber.
  • a sticky tape E preferably Aof oilcloth or the like.
  • the resilient steel plate 4 runs approximately from the outer border portion 8 of the shoe, obliquely, from the small toe side of the front portion of the foot towards the big toe side of the medium portion of the foot (metatarsus), perpendicularly to the direction of rolling-nii of the foot over the big toe. Between the insole l and the cover 5 there is a cavity 1, which is bridged by the steel plate 4, below the latter, which permits resilient yielding of the bridging piece.
  • the end of the resilient steel plate 4 pointing towards the outer border portion 8 lies substantially in the range of the front metatarsal ⁇ ioint of the small toe.
  • a resilient bridging of the outer arch of the ball of the foot is formed which raises the foot there in a spring-fashion and thereby prevents a rolling movement in the outward direction when walking, thus compelling the natural tread development of the foot over the big toe. Consequently the big toe is stimulated to increased muscular activity and thereby the power of resistance of the foot is invgorated.
  • a cushion Il which is equipped with a steel plate 9, is embedded between the outer sole II and the insole I2 of the shoe I3.
  • the inset sole consists of a sole proper I4' which may be covered by sheet material if desired.
  • a pad-like support I5 is cemented to the lower surface of this sole I 4.
  • the latter again comprises as a bridging piece an embedded resilient steel plate I6 which runs obliquely inwards and backwards as in the first embodiment.
  • the sole I 4 is covered on its under side by a soft sole I'I which makes the tread pleasant and serves as a protection against the device sliding within the shoe.
  • a cut-out I8 which has a cuneiform shape with the point directed towards the small toe.
  • the edge portion thereof is sharpened so that a bed I9 for the human heel vis formed true to shape which may be open, or, as shown, covered by the soft sole I'I.
  • a pleasant relief to the heel is afforded by means of the heel cushion of the device.
  • the pointed shape of the heel bed and/or by the cut-out I 8 an oblique transversely directed rising slope for the slight lifting of the sunken heel bone is achieved. Due to the applied soft sole I1, the edge portions of the cut-out I8 cannot tilt up should they get brittle due to perspiration.
  • the resilient bridging of the recess in the ball of the foot can of course be effected, instead of by a resilient steel plate, alternatively by VVmeans of covered short torsion springs arranged-'obliquely in line, or by a piece of more or less resilient filling material.
  • a sole having outer and inner side edges, a substantially at front portion, an inclined shank portion and a curved-soleportion located between Vsaid front portion and said shank portion, merging into the same, and having a concave upper face, a resilient-flat, supporting strip located across said concave upper face of said curved sole portion andY having opposite ends supported by said sole, one of said ends being located adjacent said outer side edge of said sole in the region where said curved sole-portion merges into Said flat front portion and the" other of said ends being located substantially centrally between said side edges of said sole in the region where said curved sole portion merges into said inclined shank portion, so that said fiat supporting strip extends diagonally over said curved sole portion and bridges the same; and a flexible cover sheet located over said concave upper face of said curved sole portion and said resilient supporting strip, said exible cover sheet extending over a greater area than said curved sole portion so as to rest against said front and shank portions of said sole.
  • a substantially iiat, elongated shoe insert comprising in combination, a flexible non-metallic top sheet having inner and outer side edges. a rear heel portion, a front end portion, and an intermediate shank portion; a resilient, at, supporting strip located against the under face of said flexible top sheet and having one end thereof located adjacent said outer side edge of said top sheet and having the opposite end thereof located substantially centrally between said side edges of said top sheet, said one end of said strip being located nearer to the front end of said top sheet than said opposite end of said strip and said 'opposite end of said strip being located in the region where said front end portion of said top sheet merges into said shank portion; and a flat, iiexible, non-metallic cover member located against the under face of said top sheet, covering said iiat, supporting strip and being secured around the same to the under face of said top sheet.
  • a shoe insert as defined in claim 2 said shoe insert further comprising a flexible non-metallic bottom sheet of a softer material than said top sheet, of substantially the same configuration as said top sheet, being joined to the latter against the under face thereof and covering said flexible cover member.

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US2978818A (en) * 1957-09-18 1961-04-11 Bama Werk Curt Baumann Fa Metatarsal foot supports
US4694590A (en) * 1986-04-03 1987-09-22 Greenawalt Kent S Arch support unit and method of formation
US5012842A (en) * 1989-12-28 1991-05-07 Interprovincial Pipe Line Company Fluid actuated pipe clamp tightener
US5787608A (en) * 1996-07-30 1998-08-04 Greenawalt; Kent S. Custom-made footwear
US5901394A (en) * 1996-07-30 1999-05-11 Greenawalt; Kent S. Custom-made footwear
US20110289798A1 (en) * 2009-01-23 2011-12-01 Foot Balance Co., Ltd. Functional shoe
US20120066815A1 (en) * 2010-02-12 2012-03-22 Catherine Elizabeth Feeman-Fick Cushioned sock for high heel footwear

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US815897A (en) * 1905-03-22 1906-03-20 James W Arrowsmith Arch-prop.
US892652A (en) * 1908-02-14 1908-07-07 Fritz Dahlmann Foot support and protector.
US918101A (en) * 1908-09-16 1909-04-13 Andreas Toporczer Instep-supporter.
US1701252A (en) * 1928-06-14 1929-02-05 Harry H Ahern Heel and arch support
US1728780A (en) * 1928-04-20 1929-09-17 William C Burns Cuboid support
US1841942A (en) * 1929-04-11 1932-01-19 Fenton John Cushioned insole
US1960418A (en) * 1930-01-04 1934-05-29 Schaller Johannes Orthopedic shoe
US1996215A (en) * 1932-04-20 1935-04-02 Perth Shoe Company Ltd Foot corrective shoe construction
US2095532A (en) * 1936-08-26 1937-10-12 Rigandi Joseph Ruig Arch supporter
US2193704A (en) * 1938-03-10 1940-03-12 Everett H Vaughn Corrective pad for shoes
US2207165A (en) * 1939-01-06 1940-07-09 Seigle William Arch support

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US815897A (en) * 1905-03-22 1906-03-20 James W Arrowsmith Arch-prop.
US892652A (en) * 1908-02-14 1908-07-07 Fritz Dahlmann Foot support and protector.
US918101A (en) * 1908-09-16 1909-04-13 Andreas Toporczer Instep-supporter.
US1728780A (en) * 1928-04-20 1929-09-17 William C Burns Cuboid support
US1701252A (en) * 1928-06-14 1929-02-05 Harry H Ahern Heel and arch support
US1841942A (en) * 1929-04-11 1932-01-19 Fenton John Cushioned insole
US1960418A (en) * 1930-01-04 1934-05-29 Schaller Johannes Orthopedic shoe
US1996215A (en) * 1932-04-20 1935-04-02 Perth Shoe Company Ltd Foot corrective shoe construction
US2095532A (en) * 1936-08-26 1937-10-12 Rigandi Joseph Ruig Arch supporter
US2193704A (en) * 1938-03-10 1940-03-12 Everett H Vaughn Corrective pad for shoes
US2207165A (en) * 1939-01-06 1940-07-09 Seigle William Arch support

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2978818A (en) * 1957-09-18 1961-04-11 Bama Werk Curt Baumann Fa Metatarsal foot supports
US4694590A (en) * 1986-04-03 1987-09-22 Greenawalt Kent S Arch support unit and method of formation
US5012842A (en) * 1989-12-28 1991-05-07 Interprovincial Pipe Line Company Fluid actuated pipe clamp tightener
US5787608A (en) * 1996-07-30 1998-08-04 Greenawalt; Kent S. Custom-made footwear
US5901394A (en) * 1996-07-30 1999-05-11 Greenawalt; Kent S. Custom-made footwear
US20110289798A1 (en) * 2009-01-23 2011-12-01 Foot Balance Co., Ltd. Functional shoe
US20120066815A1 (en) * 2010-02-12 2012-03-22 Catherine Elizabeth Feeman-Fick Cushioned sock for high heel footwear

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