Removable, shoe interior ankle brace
First Claim
1. An ankle brace insert for lining a high top or quarter-top shoe and adapted to provide lateral ankle support for a foot in said shoe and to thereby effectively increase resistance of the foot against ligament damage and to increase the stress capacity of the foot to enable greater forces to be exerted thereby when the shoe user is attempting a leap, said insert including horizontally elongated, generally parallel, panel-shaped edge upstanding wings having inner and outer surfaces and corresponding front and rear ends joined at their rear ends by an integral, curved and edge upstanding bight panel portion having inner and outer surfaces and opposite ends coextensive with the rear ends of said wings, said wings and bight panel portion each including upper and lower margins, at least the forward end portions of the upper margins of said wings being lower than the upper margin of said bight panel portion and the lower margin of said bight panel portion being higher than the lower margins of said wings, said insert wings and bight panel portion being constructed of stiff, but somewhat flexive material, at least some of the inner surface portions of said wings and bight panel portion having padding means thereover, said outer surfaces of said wings and bight panel portion including fastening means thereon for releasable securement of said insert within a high-top or quarter-top shoe.
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Abstract
A quarter-top to high-top athletic shoe insert including horizontally elongated, generally parallel and panel-like edge upstanding wings having corresponding front and rear ends joined at their rear ends by an integral, curved and edge upstanding bight panel portion with the inner surfaces of the rear ends of the wings and the central portion of the lower margin of the bight panel portion including fluent material filled flexible pads supported therefrom and the outer surfaces of the rear ends of the wings and the outer surface of the bight panel portion above the lower margin thereof provided with thistle-type fastening strips for coacting releasable anchoring to similar opposing thistle-type fastener strips secured to the inner surfaces of the athletic shoe top in which the insert is placed, the insert being constructed of stiff, but somewhat flexive material.
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12 Claims
- 1. An ankle brace insert for lining a high top or quarter-top shoe and adapted to provide lateral ankle support for a foot in said shoe and to thereby effectively increase resistance of the foot against ligament damage and to increase the stress capacity of the foot to enable greater forces to be exerted thereby when the shoe user is attempting a leap, said insert including horizontally elongated, generally parallel, panel-shaped edge upstanding wings having inner and outer surfaces and corresponding front and rear ends joined at their rear ends by an integral, curved and edge upstanding bight panel portion having inner and outer surfaces and opposite ends coextensive with the rear ends of said wings, said wings and bight panel portion each including upper and lower margins, at least the forward end portions of the upper margins of said wings being lower than the upper margin of said bight panel portion and the lower margin of said bight panel portion being higher than the lower margins of said wings, said insert wings and bight panel portion being constructed of stiff, but somewhat flexive material, at least some of the inner surface portions of said wings and bight panel portion having padding means thereover, said outer surfaces of said wings and bight panel portion including fastening means thereon for releasable securement of said insert within a high-top or quarter-top shoe.
- 9. In combination with a shoe of at least quarter-top height and including an upper incorporating a rear heel portion and opposite side side walls extending forwardly from said heel portion, an insert including horizontally elongated, generally parallel and panel-shaped edge upstanding wings having inner and outer surfaces and corresponding front and rear ends and joined at their rear ends by an integral, curved and edge upstanding bight panel portion having inner and outer surfaces and opposite ends coextensive with the rear ends of said wings, said insert being disposed in said upper with said bight panel portion conforming to and spaced slightly forward of said heel portion and said wings extending along and closely opposing said opposite side walls immediately inward thereof, said wings and bight panel portion each including upper and lower margins, at least the forward end portions of the upper margins of said wings being lower than the upper margin of said bight panel portion and the lower margin of said bight panel portion being higher than the lower margins of said wings, said insert wings and bight panel portion being constructed of stiff, but somewhat flexive material, at least some of the inner surface portions of said wings and bight panel portion having padding means thereover, said outer surfaces of said wings and bight panel portion and the opposing inner surfaces of said opposite side walls and heel portion including coacting fastening means releasably stationarily securing said insert within said upper.
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