US 12,167,776 B2
Orthopedic shoe sole or insole and shoe for people with hallux valgus
Alexey Kirpichnikov, Oberhausen (DE); and Yury Seregin, Cologne (DE)
Filed by Alexey Kirpichnikov, Oberhausen (DE); Yury Seregin, Cologne (DE); and Viktor Gordieiev, Blevio (IT)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/509,613.
Application 18/509,613 is a continuation of application No. 18/014,702, previously published as PCT/EP2022/065071, filed on Jun. 2, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000015188 (IT), filed on Jun. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0074531 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A43B 7/145 (2022.01); A43B 7/1425 (2022.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01); A43B 13/20 (2006.01); A43B 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 7/145 (2013.01) [A43B 7/1425 (2013.01); A43B 13/183 (2013.01); A43B 13/203 (2013.01); A43B 17/06 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shoe sole or insole comprising:
a main part configured to be located under and supporting the Digitis Pedis II to V and the ball of the foot;
a moveable element rotatably connected to the main part and configured to be located under and supporting the Digitis Pedis I of the foot;
a device connected to the movable element, the device configured to cause rotational movement of the moveable element along a horizontal plane in a direction laterally away from the main part, the rotational movement configured to be within a limit of the joint of the Digitis Pedis I and the ball of the foot,
wherein the device is part of the main part, and
wherein each of the moveable element and the main part comprise an elevation configured to fix the Digitis Pedis I or the Digitis Pedis II to V, respectively, during a relative movement between the moveable element and the main part.