Low profile functional orthotic

Claim 1

A low profile functional orthotic for supporting a patient's foot from a bottom plane defined by the upwardly facing surface of the insole of a shoe and comprising a rigid unitary contoured supportive plastic shell formed with forefoot, arch and heel portions having respective downwardly facing forefoot, arch and heel plantar surfaces and formed on the top side with respective upwardly facing forefoot, arch and heel support surfaces cooperating together to form a contoured foot support surface, such arch portion being raised above said bottom plane to form such arch support surface elevated above said bottom plane, said forefoot support surface tapering continuously downwardly and forwardly from said arch support surface to intersect such bottom plane, such heel support surface tapering rearwardly and downwardly from such arch support surface and being dished out centrally to form raised lateral and medial walls cooperating to define therebetween a heel cup having a bottom wall formed with a thickness at its lower point of no more than 1/16th of an inch whereby such shell may be formed of plastic to form such foot support surface to afford the desired support for such foot and such forefoot and heel portions may then be ground off on their bottom sides to form said forefoot and heel plantar surfaces for disposition in said bottom plane to thus afford positive foot support while presenting a low profile within such shoe.