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Footwear

  • US 6,442,875 B1
  • Filed: 03/17/2000
  • Issued: 09/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a footwear having a sole, an upper, including a medial quarter and a lateral quarter, the improvement including a plurality of pads internally of the upper, wherein the pads include at least a medial metatarsal pad between a base and a head of the first metatarsal bone of a foot, a lateral metatarsal pad between the fourth, fifth metatarsal and a head of said metatatarsals of said foot, a medial malleolal pad having a vertical component between an Achilles tendon and the ankle and a horizontal component below an ankle just above the cuboid, a lateral malleolal pad having a vertical component between the Achilles tendon and the ankle, and a horizontal component just below the ankle and just above the cuboid wherein the median malleolal and lateral malleolal pads are asymmetrically located, the said pads being located for the-purpose of blocking the subtalar joint limiting the pronation about the axis of said subtalar joint to provide a rigid lever of the foot and ankle complex.

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