Patent ID: 8256142

Claim:
A flexible contoured footbed insole for footwear configured to provide an anatomically correct foot support to a wearer of said footwear, comprising: a heel section comprising a generally concave, cup shaped structure recessed in said heel section to a predetermined depth, said heel section configured to accommodate a heel of a foot of said wearer; a support system extending anteriorly from said heel section, said support system comprising an inner longitudinal arch support, an outer longitudinal arch support, a transverse arch support, a metatarsal arch support, and a toe support, configured to support an inner longitudinal arch, an outer longitudinal arch, a transverse arch, a metatarsal arch, and toes of the foot of the wearer respectively, wherein the transverse arch support extends posteriorly from the inner longitudinal arch support and said outer longitudinal arch support; a flexible structure disposed at a section linking said metatarsal arch support and said toe support of said support system, wherein said flexible structure is configured to provide flexibility to the metatarsal arch support to pivot about a posterior end of the flexible structure, and wherein said flexible structure is configured to allow the toe support to pivot about the anterior end of the flexible structure; and wherein said flexible contoured footbed insole is integral to said footwear and is pliable and compressed under the weight of the wearer for accommodating unique contours of the foot of the wearer; whereby said flexible contoured footbed insole provides said anatomically correct foot support to the wearer of the footwear.