Device for measuring weight distribution on a foot

Claim 1

MEANS CAPABLE OF MEASURING PRESSURE ATTENDING AN AGGREGATE WEIGHT LOAD IMPOSED AND CONCENTRATED BY THE HEEL AND SOLE PORTIONS OF A PATIENT''S FOOT WHILE WALKING COMPRISING: A FIRST WEIGHT RESPONSIVE UNIT ATTACHABLE TO THE SOLE OF THE SHOE OF THE PATIENT''S FOOT AND EMBODYING AN INFLATABLE AND DEFLATABLE PAD, A FLUID PRESSURE OPERATED GAUGE HAVING A PROPERLY GRADUATED DIAL CAPABLE OF BEING READILY VIEWED BY A THERAPIST IN CHARGE OF AND DIAGNOSING THE RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATION UNDER ADVISEMENT, MEANS CARRIED BY SAID GAUGE AND FOR SUSPENDING THE SAME IN AN EASY-TO-SEE PLACE ON THE UPPER PART OF THE BODY OF THE WALKING PATIENT, A FLEXIBLE HOSE COMMUNICATIVELY CONNECTED AT ITS ENDS TO THE PAD AND GAUGE, RESPECTIVELY, SAID HOSE HAVING A MANUALLY CONTROLLABLE FLUID TRAPPING AND BLEEDING VALVE, A SECOND WEIGHT RESPONSIVE UNIT ATTACHABLE TO THE HEEL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED SHOE AND EMBODYING AN INFLATABLE AND DEFLATABLE PAD, A SECOND FLUID PRESSURE OPERATED GAUGE HAVING A PROPERLY GRADUATED DIAL AND INDICATOR CAPABLE OF BEING READILY VIEWED BY A THERAPIST IN CHARGE OF AND DIAGNOSING THE RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATION UNDER ADVISEMENT, MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SECOND GAUGE AND FOR SUSPENDING THE SAME IN AN EASY-TO-SEE PLACE ON THE UPPER PART OF THE BODY OF THE WALKING PATIENT, AND A SECOND FLEXIBLE HOSE COMMUNICATIVELY CONNECTED AT ITS ENDS TO THE SECOND PAD AND SECOND GAUGE, RESPECTIVELY, SAID SECOND HOSE HAVING A MANUALLY CONTROLLABLE FLUID TRAPPING AND BLEEDING VALVE.