Patent ID: 8181362

Claim:
A method of increasing the comfort of a shoe during wearing thereof, wherein the shoe presents a substantially closed toe region having a cross-sectional dimension, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a shoe insert body formed of compressible material, said body presenting a substantially rectangular plan configuration, said body having a generally bulbous mid-section with lower and upper surfaces that are generally arcuate, said body being severable along a generally diagonal cut line from a first corner to an opposing second corner to present two insert bodies, wherein each said insert body is adapted to be placed within said toe region of said shoe; (b) severing the body along said cut line to obtain said two insert bodies, wherein each said insert body includes a proximal toe-engaging face dimensioned to substantially span the cross-sectional dimension of the toe region; (c) placing one of said insert bodies within the toe region of the shoe, with the toe-engaging face directed proximally; and (d) donning the shoe so that at least some of the toes of the wearer come into contact with the toe-engaging face and compress the insert body.