Patent ID: 6393736
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An arch support brace having an adjustable arch curve, said arch support brace being fittable proximately under a foot and being sized and shaped to be removably placed within a foot support enclosure worn by a user, said arch support brace comprising:an orthosis being sized for support of the underside of the foot, said orthosis including an upper surface having a forefoot portion, a heel portion, an interior side, a lengthwise midline, an outer lateral side, and a lower surface; an arch support curve of said upper surface of said orthosis, said arch support curve having a medial longitudinal arch surface being curved upwardly along said orthosis interior side, said medial longitudinal arch surface including: an anterior slope being inclined from said medial longitudinal arch surface toward said forefoot portion of said orthosis; a posterior slope being inclined from said medial longitudinal arch surface toward said heel portion of said orthosis; and a medial slope being inclined from said interior side toward said outer lateral side of said orthosis; and an incision in said arch support curve along said medial longitudinal arch surface, said incision being originated along said orthosis interior side and being extended along said longitudinal arch surface, said arch support curve being maintained at a neutral height when in an unweighted position, said arch support curve having an interior end being disposed in an arched curve along a length dimension of said interior side of said orthosis; whereby said arch support curve having said incision thereon is forced downwardly to a weighted position by the weight from the arch of the user's foot placed proximately upon said upper surface of said orthosis, said arch support curve having said incision thereon being flexibly rebounded to said neutral height when the weight from the arch of the user's foot is transferred off of said orthosis, thereby the arch of the user's foot is supported during use of said orthosis.