Patent ID: 8388562
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: A43B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A boot for receiving a foot of a user comprising an upper, a blood flow stimulating element, and a sole element; wherein the upper, when the boot is in use, engages with and fixedly retains a calf portion of a leg of the user to offload weight of the user from the foot; wherein the blood flow stimulating element is, in use, opposite a plantar plexus region of the foot; and wherein the sole element comprises a first upper element and a second lower element; the respective first upper and second lower sole elements being movable with respect to each other and being operably connected to the blood flow stimulating element wherein, in ambulatory use, relative movement of the first upper and the second lower sole elements causes movement of the blood flow stimulating element to move with respect to the foot, with blood flow within the foot being encouraged by the stimulating element abutting the plantar plexus region; the stimulating element comprising part of an innersole of the boot, the innersole having an aperture to enable the stimulating element to be defined therethrough.