Patent ID: 6681501
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
An arch support device, comprising:a one piece support member having a periphery shaped to conform to at least part of the periphery of the sole of a wearer's footwear, the member having a longitudinal axis, an upper surface, a lower surface, a forward end, and a rear end; the upper surface being contoured to follow the contours of the sole of a wearer's foot, and having a heel region extending from the rear end, an arch region, and a forward region extending to the forward end, each region being designed to lie under the corresponding regions of a wearer's foot when in use; the forward region having an upwardly convex contour extending across part of its area; and the lower surface having an integrally formed waffled region lying under the forward region which has a plurality of indents forming a waffle pattern, and walls of pre-determined thickness separating adjacent indents; the ratio of the wall thickness to the width of an indent being in the range from 1:3 to 1:6.