HICKORY, N.C. (November 3, 2015)—ING Source, Inc., a three generation family company in Hickory, N.C., is pleased to announce that it has received notice from the United States Patent and Trademark Office that its pending patent application for the FS6 Compression Foot Sleeve has been allowed. This product is sold under the brands OS1st and OrthoSleeve, with descriptions of Compression Foot Sleeves, Plantar Fasciitis Sleeves, Performance Foot Sleeves, and formerly as the Feetures Plantar Fasciitis Sleeve. Inventor and CEO, Dave Higgins, says, “We have worked hard and waited for a long time in order to be sure our I.P. was consistent with our purpose. We can now aggressively protect the invention and market creation for which we are so proud, but more importantly, protect the consumers from ineffective look-a-likes and imitators."
This intellectual property protection can afford ING Source, Inc. the possibility of removing infringers and/or exposing imposters. The market for foot sleeves has exploded with look-a-likes, mostly from China under brands trying to make a quick dollar off this new market opportunity.
The more important issue here is that a small family company not only invented a product, it also created an entire new market solution. This new market was the introduction of its FDA listed foot sleeve as a way to treat and prevent plantar fasciitis, a condition afflicting over 10 million people per year in the United States alone. Heretofore, almost all treatments were cumbersome, expensive and uncomfortable. As a result, the product rocketed to success on a global basis. The design concept was based upon science, experience and study. It requires specific design components to meet the functional demand for effectiveness. ING has continuously reviewed and tested imitating products, finding broad design deficiencies, which in some cases may actually be dangerous for the user.
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