Class 36/155 - Adjustable position or shape

Subclass of Class 36 - Boots, shoes, and leggings
Definition: Appliances in which the support is provided with means,
No. of patents: 27
Last issue date: 12/28/2010

Number	Title	Issue Date
7856742	Adjustable orthopedic device An application for an adjustable orthopedic device includes a holder configured to be worn on a wearer's foot. The holder has an elastic cloth band sized to encircle the wearer's foot at a location between the wearer's toes and the wearer's ankle. A platform is remo...	12/28/2010
7856741	Adjustable orthopedic device An application for an adjustable orthopedic device includes a holder configured to be worn on a wearer's foot. The holder has an elastic cloth band sized to encircle the wearer's foot at a location between the wearer's toes and the wearer's ankle. The holder also ha...	12/28/2010
7322132	Device for high-heeled shoes and method of constructing a high-heeled shoe A device for insertion in a high-heeled shoe has a first crescent shaped raised area in a region underlying the forward edge of a wearer's heel bone and a second raised area underlying the metatarsals of the wearer is described. Also described is a method for constr...	01/29/2008
7272900	Balancing appliance for footwear item A balancing disc or appliance for use in with a shoe insole, or biomechanical device, such as an ankle or foot brace, for balancing the gait of a user is defined by a substantially circular disc or body element having a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surf...	09/25/2007
7107705	Insole with improved cushioning and anatomical centering device An insole having a molded base and a top sheet. The insole includes directional air ports for facilitating airflow above and below the insole. In addition, the insole has a shock absorbing pad positioned on the bottom of the base to provide cushioning to the area of...	09/19/2006
7100307	Footwear to enhance natural gait An article of footwear that acts to strengthen the foot through biofeedback, reduces stresses on the foot that occur during impact through midsole/outsole design characteristics, and enhances the foot's ability to pre-stabilize itself prior to striking the ground by...	09/05/2006
6990756	Footwear orthotic with insert A footwear orthotic is disclosed having a plurality of removable inserts. The removable inserts are preferably provided in the metatarsal region and/or in the heel region. The inserts are designed to gradually train the user's feet to become comfortably accustomed t...	01/31/2006
6966131	Adjustable arch support orthosis including variably tensioned arch curve and method of utilizing orthosis An arch support orthosis includes an arch curve being variably tensioned for supporting a user's arch and foot. The arch support orthosis includes a metatarsal curve, a curved heel portion and a continuous medial longitudinal arch curve. An anterior slope and poster...	11/22/2005
6804902	Adjustable arch support orthosis including variably tensioned arch curve and method of utilizing orthosis An arch support orthosis includes an arch curve being variably tensioned for supporting a user's arch and foot. The arch support orthosis includes a metatarsal curve, a curved heel portion and a continuous medial longitudinal arch curve. An anterior slope and poster...	10/19/2004
6792699	Low shear customized footgear An orthopaedic shoe has an outsole and a special insole including an array of independently vertically movable sections or elements which are heat moldable to retain the contour of the users foot and which serve to reduce or avoid peak pressures and evenly distribut...	09/21/2004
6732457	Rehabilitative shoe insole device An insole device configured to fit the profile of the human foot to promote proprioceptive stimulation of the Golgi tendon organ. The midfoot section of the insole device has an asymmetric domed structure that is presented to the plantar aspect of the foot at a loca...	05/11/2004
6609314	Mechanical interior shoe adjustment In a shoe, an apparatus for the support of a foot, comprising a semi rigid piece of metal or plastic extending from the heel to the ball of the foot, disposed over the inner sole of the shoe, and a screw penetrating upward to raise or lower the semi rigid...	08/26/2003
6598319	Insole with rebounding and cushioning areas and adjustable arch support An insole of a sheet material of polymeric foam material having two openings therein corresponding to a portion of the heel and a portion of the arch. The openings are filled with a polymeric gel composition having a tacky bottom surface to assist holding...	07/29/2003
6438873	Shoe having an external chassis An athletic shoe including a upper, a support member or "chassis" attached to the underside of the upper, and sole elements attached to the bottom of the support member. The support member provides support for the foot, and thereby permits use of spaced a...	08/27/2002
6421933	Insole for shoes for soccer, running or similar sports An insole for shoes for soccer, running or similar sports having a contoured plate-like element made of plastics, which has a first through slot composed of a transverse portion which lies ahead of the position of the line of optimum flexing of the foot, ...	07/23/2002
6393736	Adjustable brace orthotic and method of treating plantar fasciitis and related foot disorders An arch brace orthotic includes an adjustable arch curve having a plurality of extensions separated by incisions which separate the arch curve surface into multiple resiliently cantilevered extensions. The extensions adjust the arch curve height and slope...	05/28/2002
6393733	Shoe with arch support A shoe having a fixed insole and an upper being provided with an adjustable arch strap. The strap has an elastically stretchable portion interposed between a main portion and a free end portion of the strap. The strap further includes an indicator for ren...	05/28/2002
6345455	Orthotic arch support including self-adjusting arch curve and method of using orthotic An orthotic arch support including an intrinsically self-adjusting medial longitudinal arch curve including a plurality of generally adjacent incisions being generally transverse across the medial longitudinal arch curve. The incisions originate at a medi...	02/12/2002
6301807	Rehabilitative shoe insole device An insole device configured to fit the profile of the human foot to promote proprioceptive stimulation of the golgi tendon organ. The midfoot section of the insole device has an asymmetric domed structure that is presented to the plantar aspect of the foo...	10/16/2001
6119373	Shoe having an external chassis An athletic shoe including a upper, a support member or "chassis" attached to the underside of the upper, and sole elements attached to the bottom of the support member. The support member provides support for the foot, and thereby permits use of spaced a...	09/19/2000
6098319	Balancing appliance for footwear item A balancing disc or appliance for use in with a shoe insole, or biomechanical device, such as an ankle or foot brace, for balancing the gait of a user is defined by a substantially circular disc or body element having a top surface and a bottom surface. T...	08/08/2000
5903985	Sport boot provided with an adjustable arch support, and an adjustable arch support therefor Sport boot including a sole overlaid by an upper, the boot having an internal support surface for the foot and a portion for supporting the arch of the user's foot, wherein the supporting portion is constituted by a flexible, elastically deformable elemen...	05/18/1999
5285584	Mechanical custom molding of footgear An apparatus for providing footgear with comfortable individualized custom support, said apparatus comprising mechanical means to selectively and seperately change the position of multiple areas of the inner sole of said footgear, said areas corresponding...	02/15/1994
5164878	Orthopedic pad A resilient and compressible orthopedic pad adapted to be placed in a shoe under the longitudinal and metatarsal arches comprises a flat L-shaped bottom surface adapted to contact the inner sole of the shoe. One longitudinal side is substantially convex f...	11/17/1992
4819644	Base plate to form an insole for an orthotic foot brace and a method of forming an orthotic foot brace The present invention provides a base plate that forms an insole for an orthotic foot brace. The base plate has a graph inscribed on one of its surfaces. It includes first and second coordinate markings to define positions for attaching podiatric applianc...	04/11/1989
4739765	Arch support An arch support for the foot includes a plantar support member having a cavity to removably receive a metatarsal support element; metatarsal support elements of different height can be used depending on the activity engaged in by the wearer; heel wedges o...	04/26/1988
4731940	Adjusting device for the arch of the foot of the insole of shoes, boots and the like Adjusting device of the arch of the foot for the insole of shoes, boots and the like, formed by a deformable half-dome, shaped likewise the arch of the foot of a human foot, which is anchored to at least three slidable constraint points and is provided wi...	03/22/1988

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