Abstract: An impression of a limb, for example, a foot, can be taken, e.g. for mail order or catalog sales and shoes, shoe inserts and the like without trying on, utilizing a transparent pouch, one inner wall of which has an adhesive layer separated by a silicone foil from a single-use carbon-paper sheet which is attached to a cover sheet within the pouch. Upon withdrawal of the silicone-coated layer, the foot can be pressed against the other wall of the pouch and the cover sheet to transfer carbon coating from the carbon-paper sheet to the adhesive whereupon the cover sheet and single-use carbon-paper sheet can be extracted from the pouch. The transferred imprint on the adhesive layer is protected within the pouch.

Abstract: The invention relates to an elastic foot support, to be built-in or inserted in shoes consisting of a support plate made of an arched elastic flat material, which is provided in its frontal area with an elastically flexible support body with at least two toroidally shaped projection on its bottom side. According to the invention, the support plate (1) has in its frontal section a cut out (16) or a slot (3) running approximately symmetrical to its longitudinal axis; further, the support body (2) is fastened to the support plate (1) in such a way that parts of the support body are pressed through the cut out (16) or the slot (3) when weighted down by the foot of the wearer, thereby having a massaging effect upon the foot.