Patent ID: 6120473
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: A43B,A61F

Abstract:
An arch supporter, comprising:a flexible panel having top and bottom faces;a resiliently deformable pad being extended from said top face of said panel;said top face of said panel having an adhesive thereon;wherein said panel has a generally oval outer perimeter comprising a pair of arcuate end regions, and a pair of arcuate side regions extending between said end regions of said outer perimeter of said panel;wherein said pad has an outer perimeter comprising a pair of arcuate sides, said arcuate sides of said outer perimeter of said pad converging together at a pair of opposite pointed ends of said outer perimeter of said pad, said pad being extended substantially across a center portion of said panel such that one of said pointed ends of said outer perimeter of said pad is positioned adjacent one of said side regions of said outer perimeter of said panel, and the other of said pointed ends of said outer perimeter of said pad is positioned adjacent the other of said side regions of said outer perimeter of said panel; andwherein said pointed ends of said pad are adapted for aligning along the side of the foot of the user to maintain alignment of said pad with the arch of the foot such that said pad is prevented from creating discomfort to the foot of the user by becoming positioned under the foot during use.