Patent ID: 7322132

Claim:
A device for insertion into a high-heeled shoe comprising: a. a rear region having a first upper surface and positioned to underlie at least an area of a wearer's calcaneus which is forward of the edge of the tuberosity of the calcaneus, the first upper surface of said rear region having a portion which gradually rises from the rear of the device to a substantially crescent shaped apex, said apex lying under the area of the calcaneus immediately forward of the tuberosity of the calcaneus; b. a forward region having a second upper surface and positioned to underlie at least a portion of the shafts of the wearer's metatarsals, the second upper surface of said forward region having a portion which gradually rises to an apex positioned to underlie the shafts of the wearer's second and third metatarsals; and c. a middle region, at least a portion of which is thinner than the apices of the rear and forward regions, which connects said forward and rear regions, wherein the first and second upper surfaces are smoothly contoured and wherein the device causes the weight borne by a wearer's foot to be shifted towards the heel and off the ball of the foot.