Diabetic walker
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1. A method of producing a boot having an insole customized to fit a particular foot of a particular person comprising:
- producing a form that at least partially duplicates the bottom and sides of the person'"'"'s foot;
selecting a boot shell assembly having a cavity sized and dimensioned to receive the person'"'"'s foot;
obtaining a boot mold that duplicates a portion of a bottom and sides of the cavity; and
producing a customized insole using the produced form to shape a foot receiving cavity of the insole including molding a first material to the produced form to create an upper lined material to provide a conforming surface for the person'"'"'s foot and using the upper lined material to press a second material into the boot mold to form a complementary bottom layer having a shape to conform with an interior surface of the boot shell assembly to form a bottom surface and sides of the customized inside.
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Abstract
A boot having a hinged shell assembly sized and dimensioned to receive a person'"'"'s foot, and a customized insole. The shell assembly includes a lower shell, and an upper shell that overlaps the lower shell. The upper shell and lower shell are hinged together at or near a toe of the boot. In one instance, the upper and lower shell are hinged together by a tab that is part of the upper shell.
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1. A method of producing a boot having an insole customized to fit a particular foot of a particular person comprising:
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producing a form that at least partially duplicates the bottom and sides of the person'"'"'s foot; selecting a boot shell assembly having a cavity sized and dimensioned to receive the person'"'"'s foot; obtaining a boot mold that duplicates a portion of a bottom and sides of the cavity; and producing a customized insole using the produced form to shape a foot receiving cavity of the insole including molding a first material to the produced form to create an upper lined material to provide a conforming surface for the person'"'"'s foot and using the upper lined material to press a second material into the boot mold to form a complementary bottom layer having a shape to conform with an interior surface of the boot shell assembly to form a bottom surface and sides of the customized inside. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of producing a diabetic boot customized to a foot, comprising the steps of:
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forming a mold of the person'"'"'s foot; using the mold to cast a form having a surface matching the bottom and sides of the person'"'"'s foot; modifying the form to eliminate toe specific indentations; molding a tri-laminate material to the form; selecting a boot shell, from a plurality of different size boot shells based on the size of the person'"'"'s foot, ankle and calf; using the tri-laminate material to press and enable a setting of a deformable material into a mold shaped to match a portion of the boot shell to form an insole with an upper surface of the tri-laminate material and a lower surface of the deformable material set to match the portion of the boot shell; removing the insole of the tri-laminate material and set deformable material from the mold; and inserting the insole into the selected boot shell. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of producing a boot for a foot having an insole customized to fit a user'"'"'s foot, comprising the steps of:
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producing a form that at least partially duplicates the bottom and sides of the user'"'"'s foot; selecting a boot shell assembly, from a plurality of boot shell assemblies, having a cavity, sized and dimensioned, to receive both the user'"'"'s foot and a customized insole; obtaining a boot mold that duplicates a portion of the bottom and sides of the cavity of the boot shell assembly; producing the customized insole using the produced form to shape a foot receiving cavity of the insole and using the boot mold to shape the bottom and sides of the insole, wherein the customized insole comprises a tri-laminate material having a medium density closed cell polyethylene layer, a urethane layer, and a higher density closed cell polyethylene layer forming an upper surface cavity, and a layer of polyethylene foam forming the lower external surface of the insole; and assembling the customized insole in the selected boot shell assembly. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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