Patent ID: RE40363

Claim:
A walker with pressure relief areas for the foot of a user, said walker having a sole area extending substantially for the entire area underlying the foot of a user, comprising: a walker frame including an outer sole and struts extending from said sole upward; a soft goods support for enclosing the ankle, lower leg and at least a portion of the foot, said support being secured to said frame; an inner sole mounted in said soft good support, said inner sole including an underlying flexible sheet extending substantially over the entire sole area; and an upper resilient inner sole member extending over and being removably secured to said underlying flexible sheet, said upper resilient inner sole member having a substantially uniform thickness and extending substantially over the entire sole area; said upper resilient inner sole portion being composed of a plurality of at least 50 separate resilient sections arranged in a grid pattern, said sections being removably secured on their lower surfaces to said underlying flexible sheet and said sections together forming a substantially smooth surface for engagement by the foot, said sections being individually removable to provide localized pressure relief to selected areas of the foot; and aid sections being directly adjacent one another to form said grid; said grid pattern extending over substantially all of said upper inner sole member; whereby one or a plurality of said sections may be removed at any desired area of the inner sole member to provide a relief zone corresponding to an afflicted zone of a foot.