US 11,986,061 B2
Device and method for treating heel pain
Kevin Grimes, Yorba Linda, CA (US)
Filed by Kevin Grimes, Yorba Linda, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/734,909.
Prior Publication US 2021/0204655 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. A43D 3/02 (2006.01); A43B 17/16 (2006.01); A43B 7/14 (2022.01); A43B 7/1405 (2022.01); A43B 7/1415 (2022.01); A43B 7/142 (2022.01); A43B 7/143 (2022.01); A43B 7/1435 (2022.01); A43B 7/144 (2022.01); A43B 7/1445 (2022.01); A43B 7/22 (2006.01); A43B 21/51 (2006.01)
CPC A43D 3/021 (2013.01) [A43B 17/16 (2013.01); A43B 7/14 (2013.01); A43B 7/1405 (2013.01); A43B 7/141 (2013.01); A43B 7/1415 (2013.01); A43B 7/142 (2013.01); A43B 7/143 (2013.01); A43B 7/1435 (2013.01); A43B 7/144 (2013.01); A43B 7/1445 (2013.01); A43B 7/22 (2013.01); A43B 21/51 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An orthotic device for treating heel pain, comprising:
an insert adapted to be worn inside a shoe;
a heel region situated at a distal end of the insert adapted to receive at least a region of a heel of a wearer;
a raised region having a length situated along a width of the insert and adapted to underlie a calcaneus-midtarsal connection of a foot of the wearer, the raised region comprising a bottom surface with a semi-cylindrical cross-section defining a cavity below the raised region so that an apex of the semi-cylindrical cross-section lies above a bottom flat surface of the insert, and wherein a thickness of the raised region is between 0.0625 inches and 0.375 inches, a hardness of the raised region is between 10 to 80, and the length of the raised region is between 0.5 inches and 2.5 inches;
the cavity including:
a perimetrical boundary defined by an edge forming a height between the bottom flat surface of the insert and the bottom surface with the semi-cylindrical cross-section, and at least one aperture of a plurality of apertures along a perimetrical area of the bottom surface with the semi-cylindrical cross-section; and
a supplemental support configured to removably couple to the cavity, including:
a top surface with a semi-cylindrical cross-section that contours and registers with the bottom surface with the semi-cylindrical cross-section, and
a plurality of protrusions along a perimetrical area of the top surface of the supplemental support, wherein the plurality of protrusions are removably connected to the plurality of apertures on the bottom surface of the raised region;
wherein the top surface of the supplemental support is adapted to register with the bottom surface of the raised region;
wherein a length of the insert is adapted to rest below the medial ball region of the wearers foot, and
wherein the top surface having a flat bottom edge along the bottom surface that is configured to be flush with bottom surface of the insert.