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Robert M. Webb
Artist and Co-Inventor

Robert M. Webb was born in Parma, Ohio.

A graduate of Valley Forge High School, with a major in Commercial Art. Attended Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio and majored in Industrial and Graphic Design.

After leaving Cleveland Institute of Art, he worked in many different areas of construction and continued with his art as a hobby, by building custom frames for local artist and assisting with gallery set ups.

THE DEVICE
After working as a gutter installer for several gutter companies, he decided to launch his own business in January of 1997. Within a month of this start up, he was injured on the job. The injury he sustained was a broken talus bone in his foot When seeing his doctor, Dr. Robert J. Hampton OD, it was determined that surgery was a possibility. Being that Robert was "athletic" and in the habit of climbing ladders etc., it was decided to cast the ankle without surgery. He was given a directive of absolutely no weight bearing on the foot for six weeks. If the injury shifted in any direction, he was told it would require surgery.

Since this was the first broken bone he had in his life, within one week, he was having difficulty carrying the cast around and his leg was very uncomfortable from the stress of holding the cast up off the ground while trying to get around on crutches. He found it very difficult be compliant with the non weight bearing directive.

His stepfather told him "you're the artist; create something to hold up your leg." After thinking about all this, he decided to work on a device to do just that. He found that a simple design of a dog harness and a rubber shock cord with metal hooks on each end and his leather belt did the trick. It worked!!

This primitive device was then shown to the doctor and how it was designed to work. He was very impressed with it.

After sitting in the drawer for several years, an opportunity came about that allowed Robert s stepfather, Wayne Urban, to have the time to pursue turning this into a business. After discussing the "invention" over and over, they decided to use the shoulder rather than the waist for the support piece of the sling, thus the change in design.

The hope is to help others who have had trauma to a foot and or ankle, to be more comfortable and more stable when they want to be a more mobile after surgery or injury to the foot or leg.

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