Children'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 a substantially planar support for the full length of each foot, a heel support unitary with each of said foot supports, said heel supports extending for a portion of the length of its respective foot support at a medial inner portion thereof and being curved about the heel of its respective foot support for a portion thereof delineating the heel of its respective foot support, a wall contiguous with each planar support to extend upward therefrom beginning from the forefoot supporting portion of said planar support and continuing rearward therealong toward and as a contiguous extension of said heel support, means rigidly connecting said foot supports against relative movement, each said heel support including means extending upward from its respective foot support for a height sufficient to apply a restraint to and against the relative movement of the heel of a foot positioned thereagainst while permitting rotation of the foot at the heel so restrained, each foot support being disposed at an eversion angle wherein the inside of each foot support is lowered relative to the outside thereof, and strap means on each of said foot supports to engage the forefoot of a foot positioned on a respective foot support to inhibit the medial rotation of the forefoot relative to its respective foot support and applying a lateral outward force thereto to rotate the foot about the restrained heel of the foot.