INSERT FOR ROCKERED FOOT BED OF FOOTWEAR
First Claim
1. A method for forming an insert for an area defining a depression formed in a foot bed of a piece of footwear, comprising:
- placing an amount of moldable material onto the depression;
causing a substantially planar top surface to be formed on the moldable material; and
allowing the moldable material to cure or harden.
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Abstract
A molded insert, and methods for forming same, for a rockered foot bed of a boot, such as, but not limited to ice skating boots, or a rockered foot bed of a shoe, such as, but not limited to exercise, therapeutic, or physiological footwear, is described. The molded insert can be formed of any moldable material that is substantially firm when cured or dried. The moldable material can be used to fill in the concave portion of the rockered foot bed to form a substantially flat or level surface for the bottom of the wearer'"'"'s foot, especially in the area corresponding from the beginning of the heel portion of the foot to the beginning of the ball of the foot (e.g., the mid-foot), thus providing adequate support for the foot'"'"'s arch during typical ice skating maneuvers.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for forming an insert for an area defining a depression formed in a foot bed of a piece of footwear, comprising:
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placing an amount of moldable material onto the depression; causing a substantially planar top surface to be formed on the moldable material; and allowing the moldable material to cure or harden. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for forming an insert for an area defining a depression formed in a foot bed of a piece of footwear, wherein the depression extends from between about the heel portion to about the fore-foot portion of the foot bed, wherein the piece of footwear is selected from the group consisting of shoes, boots, and combinations thereof, comprising:
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placing an amount of moldable material onto the depression, wherein the moldable material substantially fills the entire volume of the depression; causing a substantially planar top surface to be formed on the moldable material, wherein the substantially planar top surface extends from between about the heel portion to about the fore-foot portion of the foot bed; and allowing the moldable material to cure or harden. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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- 18. An insert for filling in an area defining a depression formed in a foot bed of a piece of footwear, wherein the depression extends from between about the heel portion to about the fore-foot portion of the foot bed, wherein the piece of footwear is selected from the group consisting of shoes, boots, and combinations thereof.
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