Patent ID: 11864630
Assignee: FAST IP, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 3:
4. A motion-assist shoe comprising:
an upper;
a sole portion coupled to the upper, the sole portion comprising a forward portion and a rearward portion; and
a force translator comprising a base portion and a leg portion, the base portion and the leg portion coupled by a dynamic portion;
wherein the base portion, the leg portion and the dynamic portion are unitary one with another;
wherein the leg portion is configured to contact, and conform to, a leg above an ankle of a user of the shoe;
wherein the shoe comprises a stressed configuration and an unstressed configuration;
wherein, in the stressed configuration, the dynamic portion is resiliently elongated and the base portion and the leg portion are substantially perpendicular relative to each other;
wherein, in the unstressed configuration, the dynamic portion is not resiliently elongated and the base portion and the leg portion are no longer substantially perpendicular relative to each other; and
wherein the dynamic portion is configured to bias the shoe toward the unstressed configuration to thereby bias the rearward portion upward relative to the forward portion.