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Walking boot for surgical leg cast

  • US 4,094,312 A
  • Filed: 12/13/1976
  • Issued: 06/13/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A boot, for use with a surgical plaster of Paris leg cast, comprising:

  • a shoe formed of a sheet member of substantially rigid, weight supporting material having an outline substantially similar to the profile of the underside of a foot, a pair of wells of similar depth formed in the sheet member, one well being located in the forward portion of the sheet member and of an area substantially covering the weight bearing area of the sole portion of the foot, the other well being located in the rearward portion of the sheet member and of an area substantially covering the weight bearing area of the heel portion of the foot, the edge portion of the sheet material forming a peripheral flange; and

    a flexible upper constructed and arranged to receive therein the foot portion of the cast, the lower periphery of the upper being inturned to form a bottom having apertures therein to receive the wells of the shoe whereby the wells project downwardly through the apertures.

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