PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hallux valgus preventive implement to be hardly loosened from toes when the implement is attached to the toes of a user, allowing the user to wear the implement for a long period of time without feeling pain in a foot.SOLUTION: The hallux valgus preventive implement 1 includes: an inter-toe spacer 2 whose horizontal section at the center is approximately flat oblong-shaped to be inserted between the hallux and the second toe a hallux insertion part 3, a band-shaped loop whose width is wider than 12 mm, continued from the inter-toe spacer 2 and horizontally disposed on one side of the inter-toe spacer 2 and a second toe insertion part 4, a band-shaped loop whose width is wider than 10 mm, continued to the inter-toe spacer 2 and horizontally disposed on the other side opposite from one side of the inter-toe spacer part 2. One continuous surface is formed by the upper and lower surfaces 2A and 2B of the inter-toe spacer 2, the outer surface 4A of the second toe insertion part 4 and the outer surface 3A of the hallux insertion part 3. The whole hallux valgus preventive implement is made of elastomer whose JIS A hardness according to JIS-K6301 is from 5° to 15°.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】足指に装着した際に、足指から外れにくく、更に、長時間装着しても足に痛みを生じさせない外反母趾予防具を提供すること。【解決手段】中央部位の水平断面が略扁平楕円断面をなす、足の拇指と食指との間に差し入れるための指間スペーサ部2と、幅12mmを超える帯状環であって、指間スペーサ部2の一方側に、指間スペーサ部2に連なって水平に設けられた拇指挿通部3と、幅10mmを超える帯状環であって、指間スペーサ部2の一方側と反対の他方側に、指間スペーサ部2に連なって水平に設けられた食指挿通部4とを備えてなり、そして、指間スペーサ部2の上面2A及び下面2B、前記食指挿通部4の外周面4A、並びに前記拇指挿通部3の外周面3Aは、連続する一つの面を形成してなること、並びに、予防具全体が、JIS-K6301に従うJIS A硬度が5°乃至15°であるエラストマーからなる外反母趾予防具1。【選択図】図1
