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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2008
Applicants:
H. Darrel Darby, Ii, Huntington, WV (US);
Wu Zhang, Proctorville, OH (US);
Inventors:
H. Darrel Darby, II, Huntington, WV (US);
Wu Zhang, Proctorville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Darco International, Inc., Huntington, WV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/37 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A night splint for a user's foot having a frame member and a toe retainer that is releasably connected to the frame member. The toe retainer is configured to dorsiflex at least one toe of the user to allow for a dynamic stretch of the plantar fascia and to provide a low load stretch of the Achilles tendon, plantar fascia tendon, deep flexor muscles and calf muscles to relieve symptoms of plantar fasciitis.