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Heel stabilizer for footwear

  • US 9,345,287 B2
  • Filed: 02/25/2014
  • Issued: 05/24/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A heel stabilizer for insertion into human footwear, said stabilizer comprising a first gripping portion or part and a second gripping portion or part, wherein said first and second gripping portions or parts upon insertion into said human footwear protrude away from an inner surface of the footwear, wherein said first gripping portion or part is adjacent to a medial surface of a wearer'"'"'s heel and said second gripping portion or part is adjacent to a lateral surface of the wearer'"'"'s heel when the footwear is worn, wherein the first gripping portion or part and the second gripping portion or part each comprise a plurality of spaced resiliently deformable columns or segments fixed to a bridging material, and wherein the spacing of the resiliently deformable columns or segments of the second gripping portion or part is such so as to leave an unsupported segment or gap for accommodating the sural nerve of the wearer, and wherein the first and second gripping portions or parts are configured to contact the medial and lateral surfaces of the wearer'"'"'s heel above the widest portion of the wearer'"'"'s heel.

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