An insole which extends from the toes to the heel includes at least one fluid-filled container; a control unit for enabling a user to increase or reduce an amount of fluid in the container; and a stirrup-shaped device for immobilizing the talocalcaneonavicular joint and for controlling and/or stabilizing the ankle joint. The insole is a prefabricated insole selectable from a range of differently shaped insoles for the various forms of foot prophylaxis and the various shoe sizes. The insole can a...

A removable insole is provided which includes a layer of thermoplastic material, the thermoplastic material preferably including ethylene vinyl acetate and ethylene vinyl acetate modified by the addition of carbonyl groups. A custom-fitting insole is preferably produced by heating a substantially flat insole in a microwave oven until the thermoplastic material softens, placing the heated insole in a shoe, and having a person insert their foot into the shoe and walk around to form an impression.

Insole of non-woven bonded fiber sheet material including a shank portion of greater stiffness and density than the forward portion in which a through layer of non-woven fiber sheet including a heat-softenable binder is associated with one or more layers of non-woven fiber sheet including binder in the heel and shank or waist portion of the insole and the layers in the heel and shank or waist portion are consolidated by heat and pressure to a unitary board-like state in the heel and shank region...

An sole having an upper elastomer foam pad supported by an overexpanded honeycomb structure, the overexpanded honeycomb structure made by intermittently bonding ribbons of elastomer and expanding them laterally to produce a honeycomb structure having rectangular cells with the longer opposite walls of the rectangle twice the length of the shorter opposite walls of the rectangle, with the shorter opposite walls of the rectangle being double walls, and with the shorter opposite walls of the rectan...

In an insole for use in, or actually defining the sole of, footwear, an envelope generally shaped like a foot or a portion of a foot and preferably made of a plastics material such as polyurethane or polyvinylchloride, and having a perimeter which is adapted to remain of stable configuration under the weight of the wearer, has at least one region containing a liquid having a viscosity at 37.degree.C which is substantially equal to that of glycerine at that temperature. The said region may be bou...

An insole comprising an absorptive flat paper base panel, and a corrugated paper cover panel covered on the absorptive flat base panel, the corrugated paper cover panel having a plurality of folds and furrows alternatively arranged together and defining with the absorptive flat paper base panel a plurality of ventilation spaces.

An insole the material for which is made from a elastomer showing gum-like elasticity under the normal temperature, and which is provided with a wedge-shaped profile, irregularities, curves, and the like for the purpose of making the sole incline or correcting the state of unevenness thereof. It is used by being inserted inside shoes, slippers, sandals, etc., or by being worn on the sole of the foot with the aid of socks, simple holders or band bodies being molded integrally with the holders. Fu...

An insole of moisture absorbent material is shaped to conform to an average persons's foot sole so that it covers all or at least the forward portion of the wearer's foot. This insole is removably inserted in the wearer's sock to absorb moisture thereby protecting the wearer against the problems which stem from excess foot moisture and wet socks. The improved result is a washable and easily applied means for moisture protection of the wearer's feet consisting of a regular sock and a moisture abs...

An innersole for use in a shoe or the like and generally having a shoe-shape said innersole comprising a first region having a first hardness, said first region designed to underlie the periphery of the rearfoot, the centroid region of the foot and the periphery of the forefoot, and, a second region having a second hardness, said second region designed to underlie the calcaneal region and the metatarsal or transverse arch, wherein the first region is about 5 to about 15 Shore A durometer harder ...

The invention relates to a insole for footwear in the form of a sole insert with at least one hindfoot part and a midfoot part and with a support for the medial longitudinal arch, wherein a first rise is provided in the region of an insert outer border of the hindfoot part and a second rise is provided in the region of the insert outer border of a midfoot part, and the first rise is formed higher than the second rise.