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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
W. Scott Bennett, Strawberry Plains, TN (US);
Mary Lee Evers, Paducah, KY (US);
John H. Krusenklaus, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/14 ;
Abstract
An orthotic device for inserting within a heel portion of a shoe of a user for inhibiting excessive pronation or excessive supination of a user's foot, and for comforting associated pain by cushioning a heel of the foot, which includes a sloped wedge member with a cutout for receiving a portion of the heel of the user; and a cup member positionable adjacent the wedge member, the cup member including a cushion material therein located so as to substantially underlie the cutout of the wedge member when the cup member is positioned adjacent the wedge member.