Abstract: A dispensing device having a wheel that is made up of a plurality of independent strips of a first material rolled end-to-end and concentrically around a central hub, wherein the end portions of end-to-end adjacent strips are not connected; a housing that houses the wheel; and a dispensing opening through which the strips exit the housing upon being unrolled from the wheel.

Abstract: A method comprises stocking a predetermined number of sets of foot orthotics, each set having a standard arch height that is unique for that set. An arch height of a sole of a foot is measured. Then, an orthotic is selected from the set for which the standard arch height most closely matches the measured arch height.

Abstract: A shoe closure system is capable of operating in two modes. One is a conventional mode wherein the closure is secured in a conventional manner using a threaded and tied lacing member. The other is a quick-fastening mode where the closure may be secured using a hook-and-loop fastener and wherein the shoe may be opened without unlacing the lace member from the lace bars. A removable lace bar is provided with eyelets and a hook-and-loop fastener such that it may be releasably secured in overlying fashion to one of the other lace bars. In the first closure mode, the removable lace bar and one of the conventional lace bars function as a single lace bar with the other conventional lace bar. In the quick-fastening closure mode, the lacing member is laced only through the removable lace bar and one of the conventional lace bars such that the removable lace bar may be selectively fastened to the other conventional lace bar.