Patent ID: 7231728
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A medical shoe for use in supporting a patient's foot comprising: an out sole; an upper assembly secured to and partially surrounded by the out sole; an insole assembly substantially enclosed by the out sole and the upper assembly; the out sole having a base portion generally corresponding with the plantar aspect of a human foot and of varying thickness and having a substantially rectangular opening in a top surface thereof adapted for accommodating a metatarsal shank; the out sole having a circumferential counter portion extending upward circumferentially from the top surface of the base portion of the out sole around the base portion of the out sole thereby providing a cavity in the out sole; the upper assembly including a heel portion, an intermediate portion and a toe portion, the heel section and intermediate section integrally connected; the upper assembly adapted to surround at least the heel, sides and dorsal portions of the human foot; the upper assembly attached to the top surface of the base portion of the out sole and the circumferential counter of the out sole, and extending in a dorsal direction from the top surface of the base portion of the out sole along the circumferential counter; the insole assembly having a plurality of insole layers disposed in the out sole cavity and surrounded by the upper assembly and the out sole circumferential counter; the plurality of insole layers provided to include at least one of a plurality of differing insole layer thickness, materials, hardnesses and densities; wherein each of the plurality of insole layers is separably removable, wherein said plurality of insole layers are stacked on top of one another, and said plurality of insole layers are capable of being rearranged so as to be stacked in different orders; and wherein the out sole circumferential counter prevents each of the plurality of insole layers from shifting within the out sole cavity when the insole layers are stacked in each of the different orders; wherein said plurality of separably removable insole layers include at least three layers.