Acupressure heel cup

Claim 1

An acupressure heel cup for incorporation in footwear below the heel of the user, said heel cup comprising: a relatively thin sole of a generally non-compressible, resilient, flexible material extending from a heel towards an arch of a foot of the user and having front, rear, laterally opposite side portions, and a bottom surface, the rear and side portions being curved upwardly, and forming a thickened, reinforced arcuate heel support, a horseshoe shaped rim integral with the sole portion and the heel support and projecting below the bottom surface of the sole at the rear thereof, a plurality of laterally and longitudinally, closely spaced pegs integral with the sole over a major bottom surface area thereof, and projecting outwardly of the bottom surface of the sole, said pegs being of decreasing vertical height from the rim to the front of said sole, and said pegs adjacent to said rim, having a vertical height extending plantarily beyond said rim in excess of the vertical height of said rim, whereby; during ambulation, the posterior plantar aspect of the heel first makes contact at a proximal portion of the heel cup, the weight of the user is gradually transferred from the back to the front of the heel cup, the pegs are forced upwardly, creating individual pressure points against the soft tissues of the heel and a firm wave-like action of gentle pressure and massage is repeated, at each step of the user.