发明名称 |
Proprioceptive/kinesthetic apparatus and method |
摘要 |
A footwear which includes a support member having an inner sole and an upper surface attachable to a foot, and two bulbous protuberances protruding from a lower surface of the support member on opposite sides of a latitudinal midline, is provided. |
申请公布号 |
US9357812(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.06.07 |
申请号 |
US201414283400 |
申请日期 |
2014.05.21 |
申请人 |
APOS—Medical and Sports Technologies Ltd. |
发明人 |
Elbaz Avi;Mor Amit |
分类号 |
A63B21/00;A43B5/18;A43B7/14;A43B13/14 |
主分类号 |
A63B21/00 |
代理机构 |
Roach Brown McCarthy & Gruber, P.C. |
代理人 |
Roach Brown McCarthy & Gruber, P.C. ;McCarthy Kevin D. |
主权项 |
1. A footwear comprising:
a support member having an inner sole and an upper surface attachable to a foot, and two bulbous protuberances, a forward bulbous protuberance and rearward bulbous protuberance, each has a curved outer contour, protruding from a lower surface of said support member on opposite sides of a latitudinal midline thereof, said latitudinal midline being halfway between a calcaneus support portion and a phalanges support portion of said support member, wherein said forward bulbous protuberance, said rearward bulbous protuberance, or both is/are positioned offset with respect to a longitudinal centerline, wherein the ratio between the surface area of the inner sole to the surface area of a base of at least one bulbous protuberance of the two bulbous protuberances is less than 12:1, wherein, at least one bulbous protuberance of the two bulbous protuberances has a shore hardness of between 15 to 100 Sh A, said footwear is adapted to support the foot only by said two bulbous protuberances when said two protuberances are placed on a ground surface. |
地址 |
Herzliya IL |