US 12,256,805 B1
Orthotic insert
Ruben Valle, Bellingham, WA (US); Dylan Rice, Seattle, WA (US); Timothy Messmer, Anacortes, WA (US); Benjamin Lange, Custer, WA (US); Matthew Hill, Blaine, WA (US); and Lucas Wyatt, Lynden, WA (US)
Assigned to Northwest Podiatric Laboratory, Inc., Blaine, WA (US)
Filed by Northwest Podiatric Laboratory, Inc., Blaine, WA (US)
Filed on Jul. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/781,705.
Int. Cl. A43B 7/14 (2022.01); A43B 7/1405 (2022.01); A43B 7/142 (2022.01); A43B 7/144 (2022.01)
CPC A43B 7/142 (2013.01) [A43B 7/141 (2013.01); A43B 7/144 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An orthotic insert for use within footwear, the orthotic insert comprising a support shell including:
a forward portion configured to underlie and support a plantar surface of a metatarsal head area of a foot of a user; and
a rear portion configured to underlie and support a plantar surface of a heel of the foot of the user, the rear portion including a heel post to provide frontal plane stabilization to the foot of the user during use, the heel post defining a perimeter wall structure having a hexagonal or other geometric shape that extends in a downward direction from a bottom surface of the support shell and terminates in a substantially planar footwear engagement surface, the perimeter wall structure being offset from sides of the rear portion of the support shell and encircling a center of a heel cup defined in part by the bottom surface of the support shell.