Patent ID: 7726044

Claim:
A foot insert comprising: a half-sock formed from a stretchable fabric material and including an upper foot portion and a lower sole portion, the half-sock being capable of extending over a toe portion up to about a mid-point of a length of a wearer's foot when inserted into the foot insert; and a memory gel pad attached to the lower sole portion of the half-sock, the memory gel pad being formed from a shape-memory material that is capable of substantially permanently molding into a shape of a bottom portion of the wearer's foot upon use, the memory gel pad being adapted to curl about at least one front toe tip during use and extend to a mid-area of the bottom portion of the wearer's foot while extending across a width of the bottom of the wearer's foot through each metatarsal such that cushioning is provided to substantially an entire ball portion, front toe tips, and toe bottoms of the wearer's foot.