Patent ID: 8137246

Claim:
A device for compensating functional disabilities of the foot of a wearer, the device comprising: a first attachment member arranged for attachment about a lower leg of a wearer, the first attachment member having a flexible attachment strap adapted to flexibly wrap about the entirety of a lower leg, and a first coupling member having a first end connected to the attachment strap and flexibly extending from the first attachment member and directed toward the foot; and a second attachment member including an attachment plate formed from a flexible material and arranged to be placed over only a top portion at an instep area of a wearer's foot, the second attachment member having a second coupling member extending therefrom and directed toward the lower leg of the wearer; wherein the first and second coupling members detachably couple to one another such that the first and second coupling members combine to extend at an acute angle from a lower leg of the wearer at a point above the joint of a leg and foot to a point forward of the leg at the instep of a foot.