Boots – shoes – and leggings – Boots and shoes – Sandals
Patent
1988-10-31
1990-05-01
Kee Chi, James
Boots, shoes, and leggings
Boots and shoes
Sandals
36 585, 128611, A43B 312
Patent
active
049206648
ABSTRACT:
A foot support structure which is attached to a shoe so as to provide support to the medial arch of a foot in a longitudinal direction while acting as a supplement to the longitudinal fascia, ligaments and tendons of the foot is disclosed. The structure includes a sling strap which is most effective when employed with and anchored to a relatively flexible outsole. On the medial side of the foot, the sling pulls from a point just forward of the first metatarsal head. On the lateral side, the sling pulls from a point adjacent the posterior portion of the fifth metatarsal. The sling could also be anchored to transverse shoe components in the midfoot region. In one embodiment, the longitudinal support sling of the present invention includes a medial-lateral connector strap which extends across the top of the foot in the forefoot region and interconnects the medial and lateral sling portions proximate to the anterior portions thereof.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2190982 (1940-02-01), Gilbert et al.
patent: 2390685 (1945-12-01), Benson
patent: 3001302 (1961-09-01), Farley
McGregor Rob R.
Mintel Thomas E.
Misevich Kenneth W.
Ancel Richard J.
Chi James Kee
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Grill Murray M.
Sullivan Robert C.
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