Patent ID: 7918765

Claim:
A method for compensating functional disabilities of the foot of a wearer, comprising: placing a shoe on a wearer, the shoe having a toe portion, a heel portion and an instep portion, the instep portion having on its upper side an upper closure that when open enables a foot to be inserted into the shoe and when closed for maintaining the shoe on a foot; attaching a first attachment member about a lower leg of the wearer, the first attachment member having a first connecting member flexibly extending from the first attachment member and directed toward the foot; attaching a second attachment member in engagement with a shoe placed over the wearer's foot, the second attachment member placed in engagement with the shoe in the area of the instep of the foot, the second attachment having a second attachment member flexibly extending therefrom and directed toward the lower leg of the wearer; coupling the first and second connecting members via first and second mutually coacting coupling elements, respectively, mounted on end portions of the first and second connecting members, such that the flexible connecting member extends at an acute angle from the lower leg of the wearer at a point above the joint of a leg and foot to a point forward of the leg at the instep of the foot.