Patent ID: 7222440

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a foot shaped base layer shaped to fit under the sole and heel of a shoe of a wearer; an upstanding heel connection portion standing upwardly from the base layer at a rearwardmost heel end of the base layer so as to stand upwardly behind the shoe of the wearer of the wearer; an upstanding toe connection member standing upwardly from the base layer at a forwardmost toe end of the base layer so as to stand upwardly in front of the shoe of the wearer a left and a right forward side connection members one on each side at a forward location on the side of the base layer so as to be located to a respective side of the of the shoe wearer; a left and a right rearward side connection members one on each side at a location on the side of the base layer rearward of the forward location so as to be located to a respective side of the shoe of the wearer; a left strap portion extending from a left side of the upstanding heel connection portion to the left rearward side connection; a right strap portion extending from a right side of the upstanding heel connection portion to the right rearward side connection; a left strap extending from the left forward side connection to the toe connection member and from the toe connection member to the left rearward side connection and from the left rearward side connection to a left end connector flap; and a right strap extending from the right forward side connection to the toe connection member and from the toe connection member to the right rearward side connection and from the right rearward side connection to a right end connector flap; the left and right end connector flaps being arranged to connect and pull the left and right straps tight over the arch of the foot of the wearer.