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Combined pronation and supination control plantar insert for shoes

  • US 6,269,554 B1
  • Filed: 07/06/1999
  • Issued: 08/07/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A combined pronation and supination control shoe plantar insert for controlling posture of a user body, comprising a base element and posture control means for correcting and modifying the posture of the entire tendon, bone and muscle structure of the user body, said posture control means comprising at least one element which is movable transversely with respect to a longitudinal axis of said base, in a plane which is parallel to a plane in which said base is defined, said at least one element being adapted to vary the height of the user at a hindfoot, in a medial and lateral region of the foot, the plantar insert further including a heel region extending along a longitudinal axis thereof, at which said posture control means are located, said heel region comprising:

  • a rigid base which has a perimetric ridge forming a pair of first arc-like lateral wings;

    a second wing;

    a first wall being perpendicular to said base and lying on an axis which is substantially transverse to the axis of said heel region;

    said first lateral wings joining in a rear region of the base with said second wing which has a concave upper surface connected to said base by way of said first wall.

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