Appeal No. 97-0152
Application 08/157,709
claims 10 and 18 and amended claims 1 and 17. Thus, the appeal
now involves claims 1, 3 through 7 and 11 through 17, all of the
claims presently pending in the application.
The invention relates to a shoe insert designed for use as
an adjustable orthotic device. Claim 1 is illustrative and reads
as follows:
1. A shoe insert for placement on an inside surface of a
shoe comprising in combination:
a shoe insole formed of a non-compressible sheet of
deformable synthetic organic thermoplastic resin having a
thickness of at least 10 mils up to 50 mils and being shaped to
fit over said inside surface of a shoe, said sheet having memory
to permanently retain a deformed shape and said sheet having a
continuous, smooth, seamless upper surface and having a bottom
surface; and
the bottom surface of said sheet including a layer of first
fastening material selected from loop fabric or hook fabric and a
plurality of cushion pad elements, each containing a layer of
resilient compressible, cushioning material and each having a top
surface including a layer of second fastening material releasably
engageable with said first fastening material selected from loop
fabric or hook fabric, said elements being attached to said layer
of first fastening material and at least one of said elements
containing a thicker layer of cushioning material whereby when
the insert is placed on the inside surface of a shoe, said
elements compress under the weight of the user, the sheet deforms
in the space between the elements and at locations where adjacent
pad elements differ in thickness and retains a deformed shape
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