US 12,186,220 B1
Stimulating foot brace
Joseph B Sia, Clifton, NJ (US)
Filed by Joseph B Sia, Clifton, NJ (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/749,952.
Int. Cl. A61F 5/01 (2006.01); A61H 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/0113 (2013.01) [A61H 23/02 (2013.01); A61H 2201/10 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1642 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2205/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foot brace, comprising:
a sole shaped to abut a plantar surface of a foot of a user;
a cuff flexibly and fixedly connected to a rear portion of said sole, said cuff shaped to be disposed about an ankle of the foot of the user;
a medial rail projection fixedly connected to a medial outer curvilinear edge of said sole at a front portion of said sole and a lateral rail projection fixedly connected to a medial lateral curvilinear edge of said sole at said front portion of said sole, said medial and lateral rail projections shaped to be disposed along a phalangeal region of the foot of the user, said medial and lateral rail projections each including an upper rail connected to said front portion of said sole by vertical rails, such that a hollow is formed between the vertical rails; and
a pair of straps, connecting said medial and lateral rail projections to said cuff, thereby to connect said front portion of said sole to said cuff, said straps adapted to be tensioned to form an angle between said rail projections and said straps, thereby to secure the foot brace to the foot of the user, wherein said straps are selectably detachable from the cuff for removal of the foot brace from the foot of the user.