Patents Examined by Ted Kavanaug
  • Patent number: 8196318
    Abstract: A shoe comprising: an assembly of a shoe upper and sole unit for supporting a foot, the assembly defining a foot compartment that orients a foot in an objective (desired) tri-planar alignment to affect three areas of the foot anatomy simultaneously: (1) the sustentaculum tali; (2) the lateral calcaneus; and (3) the fifth metatarsal ray of the foot. In certain embodiments the shoe compartment is configured to correct an adverse internal rotation of the talus by: (1) vertical lift on the ST; (2) varus movement of the calcaneus; and (3) fifth ray pressure to adduct the forefoot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Align Footwear, LLC
    Inventor: Cheryl Sherwood Kosta