Patent ID: 7814688
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. In a high-heeled shoe having a sole, an upper and an insole board, the improvement comprising a two piece device which is mounted on the insole board, said two piece device having: a. a first piece including a rear region having an upper surface and positioned on the portion of the insole board that underlies at least the area of a wearer's calcaneus forward of the forward edge of the tuberosity of the calcaneus, said upper surface of said rear region having a raised portion which gradually rises from the rear of the device to a crescent shaped apex, said apex lying under the area forward of the tuberosity of the calcaneus; and b. a second piece including a forward region having an upper surface and positioned on the portion of the insole board that underlies at least a portion of the shafts of the wearer's metatarsals, said upper surface of said forward region having a raised portion which gradually rises to an apex positioned to underlie the shafts of the wearer's second and third metatarsals, said raised portion of said second piece having an ellipsoid shape such that it is wider toward the wearer's metatarsals and tapers toward the rear of the metatarsal shafts; said first piece and the second piece being spaced from one another on said insole board wherein the device causes the weight borne by a wearer's foot to be shifted towards the heel and off the ball of the foot.