Patent ID: 6817115
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
An arch support device, comprising:a support member having a periphery shaped to conform to at least part of the periphery of the sole of a wearers footwear, the member having an upper surface, a lower surface, and being contoured to follow the contours of the sole of a wearers foot, the member having a heel region at one end, an arch region, and a toe region at an opposite end, each region being designed to lie under the corresponding regions of a wearers foot when in use; at least the heel region of the lower surface having a slip-resistant surface portion for resisting slipping of the element relative to the sole of a shoe in which it is inserted, the slip-resistant surface portion having a surface roughness of not more than 0.02 inches peak to valley and comprises a frosted surface texture formed in the arch support member.