Methods of making an orthotic footbed assembly

US11464278B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Superfeet Worldwide LLC · US

Inventors

• Eric Paris Hayes · Ferndale, US
• Ryan Anderson · Ferndale, US
• Stephanie Whalen · San Francisco, US
• Henry Madden · Minneapolis, US
• Todd Taylor · Strawberry Plains, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 20, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 11, 2022
• Expiry date: Dec 28, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B33Y80/00
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

In at least some embodiments, an orthotic footbed assembly includes a three-dimensional footbed that closely approximates a size and configuration of a particular foot and at least one orthotic feature additively coupled to the three-dimensional footbed. In at least some other embodiments, a method of making the orthotic footbed assembly includes direct printing of orthotic features onto a 3-D footbed. Another method includes indirect printing of orthotic features and applying these features onto to a 3-D footbed. And yet another method includes direct printing of orthotic features onto a 2-D blank footbed and then conducting a three-dimensional forming operation to make the orthotic footbed assembly.