Patent ID: 6092314
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: A43B,A43D,A61F

Abstract:
A foot support system on which a foot rests, the foot having a forefoot, a rearfoot, a sole, a medial side, a first toe, a first metatarsal, a second toe, a second metatarsal, an intermediate cuneiform, a navicular and a heel, the forefoot having a distal end and a proximate end, the heel having a plantar portion, the rearfoot including the plantar portion of the heel, the first toe and first metatarsal each having a lateral margin and the second toe and second metatarsal each having a medial margin, said foot support system comprising:an elongate bed extending longitudinally along the first toe and first metatarsal for supporting the foot;said elongate bed having an inner edge extending along a contour the medial side of the forefoot and an outer edge extending longitudinally in a zone substantially between the lateral margin of the first toe and first metatarsal and the medial margin of the second toe and second metatarsal; andsaid elongate bed decreasing in thickness from the inner edge to the outer edge wherein the elongate bed provided support primarily to the first toe and first metatarsal.