Children{3 s corrective foot splint

Claim 1

A foot splint for attachment to the feet of a child for correcting toe-in and related abnormalities comprising an open unitary substantially planar support for the full length of each foot, means between and unitary with said foot supports and connecting the same together at a fixed diverging angle. a heel support unitary with and extending partially about each of said foot supports, said heel supports having major and minor curved portions, said heel supports having their major curved portions extending along and for a length of its respective foot support at the lateral outer portion thereof to apply a lateral inward force to the heel of a foot positioned thereagainst and said minor curved portions being directed inward about its respective foot support for a portion thereof and delineating the heel of its respective foot support, each said heel support extending upward from said foot support for a height sufficient to apply a support agianst which the heel of a foot positioned thereagainst is restrained, and instep strap means on each of said foot suppOrts to engage about the instep of a foot positioned on a respective foot support to inhibit the medial rotation of the forefoot by applying a lateral outward force thereto in opposition to the lateral force of said heel support and ankle means on each of said heel supports for circumferential engagement about the ankle of a foot positioned on said foot support to apply a lateral outward force in opposition to the lateral inward force of said heel support, said foot supports being greater in length and lesser in width than that of a foot to be positioned thereon to enable said instep strap means to apply its lateral outward force to the foot.