Shoe Insole or Midsole with a Tri-Dome Configuration for Foot Rehabilitation

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device to be integrated into an article of footwear, normally as, but not limited to, a shoe innersole or shoe midsole, to interact with the plantar surface of the wearer's foot, in the region of the foot's main first layer intrinsic muscles. The present invention produces benefits to address gait related issues associated with weakened foot structure and faulty gait biomechanics.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a device to be integrated into an article of footwear, normally as, but not limited to, a shoe innersole or shoe midsole, to interact with the plantar surface of the wearer's foot, in the region of the foot's main first layer intrinsic muscles, and the present invention produces benefits to address gait related issues associated with weakened foot structure and faulty gait biomechanics.BACKGROUND ART[0002]Patents for foot and gait correcting technologies go back for more than a century and act as evidence that there is a recognized link between a variety of pain and discomfort conditions, and the faulty mechanics of the foot. The collected data, and observations made, which has become the basis for defining what “ideal” foot function is, have been derived from populations whom have traditionally worn footwear. The repeated exposure to the bracing designs and concepts, which have been common place in the foot treatment and footwea...

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Benefits of technology

[0028]In another aspect of the present invention the medial, central, and lateral domed elongations and the domed heel area may each be individually separate from the shoe insole, shoe midsole, or similar; wherein any of the 3 primary domed elongations may be detached individually from the shoe insole or midsole device for the purpose of being replaced by another similar domed elongation, designed to fit and replace the domed elongation having been removed, and offering differing levels

Problems solved by technology

The repeated exposure to the bracing designs and concepts, which have been common place in the foot treatment and footwear industries for the past 100 or so years, has been proposed to have detrimental effects on the foot, and most notably a weakening of the foot's supporting muscles and skeletal structure.

On the topic of the first theory the disclosure of Ritchey in U.S. Pat. No. 2,660,814 provides for a mechanism wherein the lateral boundaries of the foot are supported under the premise that the lateral and medial arches of the foot should be braced, however the very nature of this device, when inserted into conventional footwear results in a inwardly directed compressive force being exerted on the foot and thus potentially causing compression related pathologies and symptoms on the nerves and soft tissue which reside betwe

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