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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Theodore B. Brother, Andover, MA (US);
Michael D. Nichols, Gardner, MA (US);
Assignee:
I-Tek, Inc., Lawrence, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/300 ;
Abstract
A heel locking, energy absorbing, support and cushioning device adapted to fit around at least a portion of a user's foot and ankle, comprising, a sleeve having one or more pockets at least partially fixed to the walls of the sleeve which are at least partially filled with a compressible, polymeric material, flowable at room temperature, capable of absorbing impact energy, and comprising a plurality of microspheres.