Patent ID: 6510626
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: A43B,A61F

Abstract:
A footwear construction custom-made for a wearer having a foot with a front of the foot and a heel at the rear of the foot, comprising:a sole having a forward portion and a heel portion integrally joined and of a substantially constant thickness; an orthotic unit prescribed specially for a foot of the wearer, and adhered to said sole; means responsive to pressure thereon of the front of the foot comprising a component adhered in its entirety to the said forward portion of said sole, said component having an outline similar to the outline of the said forward portion of said sole, and located on said sole to receive only the front of the foot, said component is resilient and flexible and comprised of a micro-cellular polyurethane material and provides an upward propulsion of the front of the wearer's foot upon movement of the front of the foot away from said orthotic unit; a covering unit for said orthotic unit and said resilient component, said covering unit including a thin-layered resilient pad and a thinner layer of leather, both pad and layer perforated for aeration of said orthotic unit; and further wherein said orthotic unit includes a heel pad insert adhered to said heel portion for absorbing heel strike shock as the wearer comes down on the heel of a foot and includes further arch support elements specially prescribed and adhered to said sole for midstance support of the wearer's foot.