Patents by Inventor Meinald Settner

Meinald Settner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6283932
    Abstract: An orthopedic device comprises a shaft capable of at least partially encircling at least a lower part of a leg, a foot part, a cup-shaped heel part connecting the foot part to the shaft, a continuous bearing surface arranged between the front end of the foot part and the heel part, the bearing surface constituting a lower closure of the orthopedic device and having a side facing the interior of the orthopedic device, which is flat and symmetrical with respect to a central longitudinal axis, and an arch support affixable to said bearing surface side. A portion of the arch support running along an outside of a foot capable of being supported by the arch support extends substantially horizontally, and a portion of the arch support running along an inside of the foot has a shape of a rising arc, a flank of the arc near the heel rising substantially perpendicularly from the bearing surface to an apex and extending from the apex to the foot part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Inventors: Thomas Münch, Meinald Settner