US 12,389,981 B2
Footwear having an elastic correcting strap for treating and preventing foot malpositions
Manfred Brass, Grünwald (DE); and Franz Fischer, Amberg (DE)
Assigned to HALLUFIX AG, Grünwald (DE)
Appl. No. 18/553,366
Filed by Hallufix AG, Grünwald (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 30, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/058388
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/207691, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 108 100.9 (DE), filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0164475 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. A43B 7/26 (2006.01); A43B 3/12 (2006.01); A43B 7/14 (2022.01)
CPC A43B 7/14 (2013.01) [A43B 3/126 (2013.01); A43B 7/26 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Footwear for treating and preventing foot malpositions, comprising:
a sole comprising an outsole and an insole;
a holding element configured for securing a foot relative to the footwear; and
a tensioning element configured to be fastened to a toe and configured, in a state in which the footwear is fastened to the foot, to exert a first corrective force on a toe and to exert a second corrective force directed opposite to the first corrective force on a metatarsophalangeal joint of the toe, the tensioning element comprising an elastic correcting strap, wherein
the holding element comprises a holding strap and a further holding strap, wherein
the holding strap is configured to, in a state in which the footwear is fastened to the foot, secure at least one further toe being arranged adjacent to the toe, a further metatarsophalangeal joint, or both, relative to the footwear, and
the further holding strap, in a state in which the footwear is fastened to the foot, secures a metatarsal region of the foot relative to the footwear and lies against the foot in the region of its instep, and wherein oppositely arranged end sections of the correcting strap, the holding strap and the further holding strap are guided into the sole and arranged between the outsole and the in-sole and connected thereto in a form-fittingly and/or force-fittingly and/or adhesive manner.