Patent ID: 6141890
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
A sole pad unit for supporting the metatarsal bone and airing and massaging the center of the sole of a foot comprising a sole pad having an outer edge, a heel portion, a forward portion and a middle portion between said heel and forward portions, an elevated member made of flexible high-polymer material having a height of approximately 1.5 cms, said elevated member including a rear portion adjacent to said edge of said sole pad and extending substantially across said heel portion of said sole pad, said rear portion of said elevated member including a longitudinally extending vent, said elevated member also including a first forwardly extending portion which forms an acute angle with said rear portion and a second forwardly extending portion which forms an oblique angle with said first forwardly extending portion and wherein each of said portions of said elevated member include a plurality of sloping edges which slope downwardly and outwardly in the direction of the outer edge of said sole pad and in which each of said forwardly extending portions include a longitudinally extending vent.