SUPPORT RING FOR TOE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a support ring for the toe which enhances exercise effect by making a user care about the movement of the legs and concentrate on the legs during exercise and by achieving an appropriate posture. SOLUTION: The support ring for the toe comprises a cylindrical ring body covering at least the root of the big toe and having an axial attaching hole that adheres to the big toe elastically, annular ribs formed integrally with the outer surfaces on both the ends of the ring body, and responding projections which are projected integrally on the outer surface of the ring body, deform elastically in response to contact between a footwear and the big toe, and transmit the stress of deformation to the attaching hole. The responding projections may have ring-like, spiral, projected or pillar-like forms, and responding projections having different forms may by used simultaneously. The attaching hole communicates with the outer air via penetrating holes. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT