System and method for forming custom-made shoe inserts

Details System and method for forming custom-made shoe inserts System and method for forming custom-made shoe inserts

1987-03-31

1989-10-31

Meyers, Steven N.

Boot and shoe making

Processes

Moccasins

12146M, 12 1R, 128779, 33551, A43D 0900, A61F 0300

Patent

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048767581

ABSTRACT:
A foot impression unit is provided with an array of gauging elements, a control mechanism for urging the gauging elements into contact with the undersurface of a person's foot to form an impression of the undersurface of the foot, a locking mechanism for releasably locking the gauging elements in place to retain that impression, and a sensing mechanism for scanning the gauging elements to produce digital signals indicative of the positions of the gauging elements. These digital signals are stored and processed by a computer to provide a stored data record serving as a digital representation of the impression of the undersurface of the foot. The computer may also be employed to provide stored additional information for modifying that data record to compensate for a perceived defect of the foot. In response to the stored data record and any stored additional information for modifying that data record, a shaping unit shapes an insert blank to form a custom-made shoe insert conforming to the undersurface of the foot and compensating for any perceived defect of the foot.

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patent: 4679331 (1987-07-01), Koontz

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