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US2828555A
US2828555A US392418A US39241853A US2828555A US 2828555 A US2828555 A US 2828555A US 392418 A US392418 A US 392418A US 39241853 A US39241853 A US 39241853A US 2828555 A US2828555 A US 2828555A
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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
    • A43B7/141—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 having an anatomical or curved form
    • 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
    • A43B7/1425—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
    • 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
    • A43B7/143—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 lateral arch, i.e. the cuboid bone
    • 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
    • A43B7/1435—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 joint between the fifth phalange and the fifth metatarsal bone

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  • the present invention relates to footwear and has for its object to provide a foot support built into footwear and designed for proper posture and weight distribution.
  • Orthopedic foot appliances have previously been proposed, having for their purpose to remedy'foot deformities. Unfortunately, most of said orthopedic foot appliances devote their attention to correcting one part of the foot without supporting the entire foot, which results in increasing the strains on the various remaining arches and other supporting elements of the'foot structure.
  • It is a particular object of the invention'to provide footwear having a foot support which will so elevate a point located on the centre line of the foot and in the region of the cuboid-scaphoid joint thereof that this elevated region will correctly position the various arches of the foot in respect to each other and assure a proper distribution of the weight.
  • Figs. 1 and2 are elevational and sectional views, respectively, of the skeleton of a human foot.
  • Fig. 3 is a top view of a foot support according to the invention.
  • Fig; 4 is an axial sectional view along line IIIIII of 2,828,555 Patented Apr. 1,1958
  • Fig. 3 clearly showingthe various longitudinal outlines of the foot supporting surface.
  • Figs.- 5, 6, 7 and 8 are cross-sectional views along lines T1, T2, T3 and T4 of Fig. 3, respectively.
  • Figs. 10 and 11 are comparative views of a conventional ladys shoe and a ladys shoe according to the invention illustrating the advantages of the latter, Fig.,1l being an axial sectional view.
  • Fig. 12 is an elevational view of a ladys shoe according to Fig. 11.
  • the humanfoot comprises twenty-. six bones, and," in: particular, the 0s calcis bone 1 by which the rear part of the footis supported on'the ground at C, theastragalus 2 on which is located the main articulation of the foot, the three cuneiform bones 4, 5 and 6, the scaphoid bone 3 which interconnects the-latter with the astragalus,- the cuboid bone 7 which bears directly' on'the os' calcis bone, the five metatarsal bones the three fi'rstof which, 8, 9 and 10,.respectively, are each articulated on one of the cuneiform bones and'the fourth and "fifth of which, Hand 12, respectively,-are both articulated on the suboid bone 7 and thephalangeal bones indicated at 13 which are each articulated onone of the metatarsal bones.
  • The'human foot is supported on the ground at three main points, A,” B and C, respectively, which are constituted bythe heads of the first and fifthmetatarsal bones, 8 and 12, and the base of the os calcis-bone '1.
  • These three main points may be considered as cross braced by a'structure comprising five longitudinal arches LII, III, IV, V, respectively, and two transverse arches T1 and T2, respectively.
  • This structure does-not'rest directly'on' the'ground but is supported at C through the scaphoid bone 3, the astragalus 2 and the os calcis-bone L-
  • the rear transverse arch T1 also supports'the five longitudinal arches I, II," III, IV, V so that if the externalcuneiform bone 6 isproperly supported, the whole assembly will be capable of ensuring its physiologi'cal'functions' without beiugsub jected to stresses liable in time to cause permanent deformations .of the system which-could'result in various complaints. of the foot which may require orthopedic apparatusand which deprive the human foot of the natural properties with which-it' was originally designed and made.
  • the foot support icomprises a fiat-front portion 20 extending rearwards at18 and 19 for supporting the head of the first metatarsal bone 8 and of the fifth-metatarsal bone'12, respectively, of a foot, a concave rear portion 15' for supporting" the heel of a foot above'th'e plane of-said front portion 20, and a forwardly an'd downwardly inclined arch supporting portion formed with a longitudinal median elevation extending forwardly to a point slightly ahead of the anterior.
  • the portion l4 of the foot support corresponding to this region is convex'longitudinally and has a crosssectional shape such that its top, surface curves concavely from said median elevation to the. inner. longitudinal edge and to'the outer longitudinal. edgeof thefoot support,
  • edges rising each from a point slightly behind the anterior transverse arch T2 to reach their greatest height substantially in the region of the rear transverse arch T1, the height of the inner edge being greater and the height of the outer edge being less'than that of said median elevation.
  • a The concavely curved transverse portions of the foot support are formed in such a manner that the lowest point of the inner concave transverse portion is higher than the lowest point of the outer concave transverse portion, said inner portion providing support for the longitudinal arch I, and said outer portion providing support for the longitudinal arch V of the foot the longitudinal median arch III of which is sustained by said median elevation of the foot support.
  • Figs. to 8 four cross-sectional views along lines T1'T1, T2T2, T3-T3 and T4'T4, respectively, of Figs. 3 and 4, the sections T1 and T2, respectively corresponding to the profiles supporting the rear and front transverse arches, respectively, while the sections T3 and T4 respectively correspond to a transversal plane containing point C located in the middle of the heel and to the mid-transversal plane of the foot.
  • Metatarsal heads front transverse arch, Fig. 6
  • Antero-metatarsal reinforcement 34 slowly sloping down from reinforcements (c) II and (c) III and extending across the mid third of the width of the front transverse arch with a maximum thickness at the level of the longitudinal axis of the foot.
  • V. Metatarsal-phalangeal articulation Flat surface merging very smoothly into the antero-metatarsal reinforcement 34.
  • maximum internal lateral nesting 37 (internal area of the heads of the astragalus, scaphoid and external cuneiform bones).
  • the cup-like recess 15 suitably hollowed to nest the heel.
  • the above described foot support may be made of a material which is not only elastically deformable, as already mentioned above, but offers, moreover, humidity absorbing properties.
  • this composition being completed by an aerating agent such as sodium bicarbonate in a proportion of to of the gum weight and by granulated or powdered cork in the proportion of 20% to 50% of the weight of the gum, to enable the composition to absorb moisture and to assist the foot support in keeping its shape.
  • an aerating agent such as sodium bicarbonate in a proportion of to of the gum weight and by granulated or powdered cork in the proportion of 20% to 50% of the weight of the gum
  • Fig. 9 are diagrammatically shown the elements of a shoe according to the invention comprising an insole 61 and tippers 62, the shoe assembly further comprising, as usual, one or more soles 63 and the heel 64.
  • the outer outline of the uppers of the shoe according to the invention is higher than in a conventional shoe and is provided with bosses 56', 57' and 58'.
  • Fig. 12 a design of ladys shoe the uppers 72 of which are constructed according to the invention and which comprises a foot support 61 and its double lateral nesting '73, '74.
  • footwear forms or lasts designed according to the invention permit mass manufacturing of any type of footwear such as the usual heavy shoes, dress shoes, light and sports shoes, tennis shoes, high boots, half-boots and jack-boots, for ordinary or pro professional use.
  • Footwear according to claim 1 in which said uppers have a shape and capacity adapted to accommodate the muscles and fleshy parts of the wearers foot which are displaced with respect to the position they would occupy in conventional footwear, due to the presence of said foot support.

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US3238946A (en) * 1964-03-06 1966-03-08 Robert G Keeley Insert pad for shoes
DE2458674A1 (de) * 1973-12-14 1975-06-26 Ernst Meier Verfahren zum herstellen eines schuhes
US4686993A (en) * 1985-07-26 1987-08-18 Paragon Podiatry Laboratories Low profile functional orthotic
WO1997041749A1 (fr) * 1996-05-06 1997-11-13 Payless Shoesource, Inc. Combinaison d'une semelle interieure/semelle exterieure
WO1997045034A1 (fr) * 1996-05-29 1997-12-04 Jeffrey S. Brooks, Inc. Perfectionnement d'article chaussant
US6594922B1 (en) * 1999-04-26 2003-07-22 Paul A. Mansfield Medial/lateral counter foot stabilizer
US6671981B2 (en) 2000-08-04 2004-01-06 Jeffrey S. Brooks, Inc. Footwear
US20040111923A1 (en) * 2000-08-04 2004-06-17 Brooks Jeffrey S. Footwear
US6854198B2 (en) 1996-05-29 2005-02-15 Jeffrey S. Brooks, Inc. Footwear
US20060090377A1 (en) * 2004-10-29 2006-05-04 Sergio Segalin Sole for footwear
JP2008043646A (ja) * 2006-08-21 2008-02-28 Masatoshi Takayama 靴
US20090056164A1 (en) * 2007-09-05 2009-03-05 Wen-Lung Chen Supporting pad for high heels
CN100594814C (zh) * 2004-05-03 2010-03-24 埃里克·帕兰 带有特殊凸起部的足跖矫形垫
US20110023324A1 (en) * 2009-08-03 2011-02-03 Dananberg Howard J Footwear sole
WO2012066793A1 (fr) * 2010-11-19 2012-05-24 Takayama Masatoshi Chaussure
US20120174436A1 (en) * 2009-08-31 2012-07-12 Josef Hanak Insole
US20120233889A1 (en) * 2011-03-16 2012-09-20 Barak Yehushua Set of podiatric articles
US10390587B2 (en) 2016-03-01 2019-08-27 Hbn Shoe, Llc Device for high-heeled shoes and method of constructing a high-heeled shoe
US10477915B2 (en) 2016-03-01 2019-11-19 Hbn Shoe, Llc Device for high-heeled shoes and method of constructing a high-heeled shoe
US10702008B2 (en) 2018-02-26 2020-07-07 Hbn Shoe, Llc Device and method of constructing shoes
JP2021052966A (ja) * 2019-09-27 2021-04-08 株式会社ワコール ヒール付き靴
EP3827689A4 (fr) * 2018-07-24 2022-03-09 BMZ. Inc Première de propreté
CN114641216A (zh) * 2020-04-07 2022-06-17 莱西娜有限公司 内底
US11412816B2 (en) * 2007-09-28 2022-08-16 Angela Singleton Insole pivot system for footwear
US11540588B1 (en) 2021-11-24 2023-01-03 Hbn Shoe, Llc Footwear insole
US11805850B1 (en) 2023-07-19 2023-11-07 Hbn Shoe, Llc Cuboid pad
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US2008207A (en) * 1934-08-03 1935-07-16 Harry Palter Foot support
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US2154997A (en) * 1936-07-13 1939-04-18 Schipper John Francis Arch support
US2197996A (en) * 1938-05-27 1940-04-23 Claude H Daniels Foot support
US2238366A (en) * 1938-12-12 1941-04-15 Charles P Leydecker Foot balancing means
US2255100A (en) * 1939-03-17 1941-09-09 David R Brady Posture guide
DE746845C (de) * 1941-03-22 1944-10-18 Carl Biirkenstock Fa Schuheinlage aus nachgiebigem Werkstoff
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US2008207A (en) * 1934-08-03 1935-07-16 Harry Palter Foot support
US2120055A (en) * 1936-01-22 1938-06-07 Macdonald Ainslie Os calcis support
US2154997A (en) * 1936-07-13 1939-04-18 Schipper John Francis Arch support
US2197996A (en) * 1938-05-27 1940-04-23 Claude H Daniels Foot support
US2238366A (en) * 1938-12-12 1941-04-15 Charles P Leydecker Foot balancing means
US2255100A (en) * 1939-03-17 1941-09-09 David R Brady Posture guide
DE746845C (de) * 1941-03-22 1944-10-18 Carl Biirkenstock Fa Schuheinlage aus nachgiebigem Werkstoff
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US3238946A (en) * 1964-03-06 1966-03-08 Robert G Keeley Insert pad for shoes
DE2458674A1 (de) * 1973-12-14 1975-06-26 Ernst Meier Verfahren zum herstellen eines schuhes
US4686993A (en) * 1985-07-26 1987-08-18 Paragon Podiatry Laboratories Low profile functional orthotic
WO1997041749A1 (fr) * 1996-05-06 1997-11-13 Payless Shoesource, Inc. Combinaison d'une semelle interieure/semelle exterieure
US6854198B2 (en) 1996-05-29 2005-02-15 Jeffrey S. Brooks, Inc. Footwear
WO1997045034A1 (fr) * 1996-05-29 1997-12-04 Jeffrey S. Brooks, Inc. Perfectionnement d'article chaussant
US5787610A (en) * 1996-05-29 1998-08-04 Jeffrey S. Brooks, Inc. Footwear
US6594922B1 (en) * 1999-04-26 2003-07-22 Paul A. Mansfield Medial/lateral counter foot stabilizer
US7028419B2 (en) 2000-08-04 2006-04-18 Jeffrey S. Brooks, Inc. Footwear
US20040111923A1 (en) * 2000-08-04 2004-06-17 Brooks Jeffrey S. Footwear
US6671981B2 (en) 2000-08-04 2004-01-06 Jeffrey S. Brooks, Inc. Footwear
CN100594814C (zh) * 2004-05-03 2010-03-24 埃里克·帕兰 带有特殊凸起部的足跖矫形垫
US20060090377A1 (en) * 2004-10-29 2006-05-04 Sergio Segalin Sole for footwear
US7581336B2 (en) * 2004-10-29 2009-09-01 Sergio Segalin Sole for footwear
JP2008043646A (ja) * 2006-08-21 2008-02-28 Masatoshi Takayama 靴
US20090056164A1 (en) * 2007-09-05 2009-03-05 Wen-Lung Chen Supporting pad for high heels
US11412816B2 (en) * 2007-09-28 2022-08-16 Angela Singleton Insole pivot system for footwear
US20110023324A1 (en) * 2009-08-03 2011-02-03 Dananberg Howard J Footwear sole
US8166674B2 (en) 2009-08-03 2012-05-01 Hbn Shoe, Llc Footwear sole
US20120174436A1 (en) * 2009-08-31 2012-07-12 Josef Hanak Insole
WO2012066793A1 (fr) * 2010-11-19 2012-05-24 Takayama Masatoshi Chaussure
JP2012105926A (ja) * 2010-11-19 2012-06-07 Masatoshi Takayama 履物
US20120233889A1 (en) * 2011-03-16 2012-09-20 Barak Yehushua Set of podiatric articles
US8966788B2 (en) * 2011-03-16 2015-03-03 Yehushua BARAK Set of podiatric articles
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US10390587B2 (en) 2016-03-01 2019-08-27 Hbn Shoe, Llc Device for high-heeled shoes and method of constructing a high-heeled shoe
US10702008B2 (en) 2018-02-26 2020-07-07 Hbn Shoe, Llc Device and method of constructing shoes
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JP2021052966A (ja) * 2019-09-27 2021-04-08 株式会社ワコール ヒール付き靴
CN114641216A (zh) * 2020-04-07 2022-06-17 莱西娜有限公司 内底
US20220369762A1 (en) * 2020-04-07 2022-11-24 Racine Co., Ltd. Insole
US12342901B2 (en) * 2020-04-07 2025-07-01 Racine Co., Ltd. Insole
US11540588B1 (en) 2021-11-24 2023-01-03 Hbn Shoe, Llc Footwear insole
US11805850B1 (en) 2023-07-19 2023-11-07 Hbn Shoe, Llc Cuboid pad
USD1082267S1 (en) 2024-04-09 2025-07-08 Hbn Shoe, Llc Shoe insert

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