Abstract: A spinal support for reclining persons includes a girdle adapted to encircle a waist of a person. The girdle has a right side lumbar support with a symmetrical body adapted to prevent sagging of a lumbar spine of a wearer when lying on his or her right side and a left side lumbar support with a symmetrical body adapted to prevent sagging of the lumbar spine of the wearer when lying on his or her left side. The left side lumbar support is positioned in opposed relation to the right side lumbar support with an unpadded connective webbing extending between the right side lumbar support and the left side lumbar support.

Abstract: An integral sole, shank and heel monoblock for women footwear is described comprising a sole portion, a high heel portion and a shank portion between the sole portion and the heel portion, the shank and the heel portion consisting of rigid plastic material, the sole portion consisting of flexible plastic material, the end of the shank portion opposite the end which is integral with the heel portion being provided with through-holes, the flexible plastic material of the sole portion filling the through-holes. Preferably the through-holes are in oblique direction.