Patent ID: 7094213

Claim:
Foot and ankle control device comprising: an ankle cuff strap having two ends; means for connecting the two ends of the ankle cuff strap together after positioning the ankle cuff strap to encircle a leg of a wearer immediately above an ankle of the wearer; a foot support strap having a medial “D”-ring attached to the support strap and a lateral “D”-ring attached to the support strap in spaced apart relation with the medial “D”-ring; the medial “D”-ring positioned at the medial side of the ankle and the lateral “D”-ring positioned at the lateral side of the ankle; the foot support strap positioned underneath the wearer's foot adjacent the in-step of the foot; a connecting strap positioned to lie over the arch of the foot and working in cooperation with the foot support strap to secure the lateral “D”-ring on the lateral side of the ankle and the medial “D”-ring on the medial side of the ankle; an elastic lateral control strap having a first and second ends; means for connecting the first end of the lateral control strap to the lateral “D”-ring; means for attaching the second end of the lateral control strap to the ankle cuff strap; an elastic medial control strap having first and second ends; means for connecting the first end of the medial control strap to the medial “D”-ring; and means for connecting the second end of the medial control strap to the ankle cuff strap.