Health shoe

Claim 1

A health shoe for stimulating and improving nerve and muscle tone throughout the body of a wearer comprising a frame having a recessed upper foot-supporting surface and an opposite lower ground-engaging surface; means releasably constraining said frame on the foot of such a wearer; a foot-stimulating member movably mounted within the frame for limited rotational and reciprocable movement between a position extending below said lower surface thereof for ground engagement and a position upwardly extended from said upper surface in massaging relation to said foot thereon during each step of the wearer; a flowable particulate material disposed within the recess in covering relation to said foot-stimulating member and in conforming relation to the foot of the wearer so that said movement of the member is transferred to the foot of the wearer through said particulate material, said frame including a partition forming a bottom wall for said recess and having an opening therethrough; a membrane member constructed of a relatively thin sheet of resiliently flexible material mounted on the partition in masking relation to said opening to preclude leakage of said particulate material therethrough with a portion of said foot-stimulating member being extendible upwardly through said opening in flexing relation to said membrane member for agitating said particulate material around the foot of the wearer, said foot-stimulating member comprising a substantially spherical ball; and means mounting the ball within the frame for rotation in any direction and for limited reciprocable movement through said opening in the partition and in depending relation from said lower surface of the frame.