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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7661170 | Systems and methods for providing a customized lower extremity product The present invention relates to the production of lower extremity supportive products, including boot, shoes, sandals, leg braces, etc. One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for providing a three-dimensionally customized lower extremity produc... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7552494 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing custom orthotic footbeds that accommodate the effects of tibial torsion A method and apparatus for providing a topographical map of the bottom of a patient's rear foot with the foot in a semi-weight bearing condition and in the neutral position adjusted for the effects of tibial torsion. A foot scanner with a pivoted air cushion is adju... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7392559 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing custom orthotic footbeds A method and apparatus for providing a topographical map of the bottom of a patient's rear foot with the foot in a semi-weight bearing condition and in the neutral position. A flexible membrane defines the top of an air cushion that captures the patient's foot in th... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7346998 | Foot measuring method There is provided a foot measuring system that includes a support surface for a foot, a plurality of movable measurement structures, an inflatable diaphragm for contacting the first end of each structure and forcing a movement of each structure from an initial posit... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7108154 | Kick on shoe covers An apparatus for assisting an individual in installing shoe coverings. The apparatus comprises a shoe covering casing and an outer casing in which the shoe covering casing is placed. A plurality of shoe coverings are placed within the shoe covering casing and are mo... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7073277 | Shoe having an inner sole incorporating microspheres The invention relates to the field of shoes in general, and more specifically to the application of microspheres in shoe material formulations to yield desired shoe properties. Even more specifically, the invention relates to a shoe component prepared from a closed ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7008386 | Foot orthotic A method comprises stocking a predetermined number of sets of foot orthotics, each set having a standard arch height that is unique for that set. An arch height of a sole of a foot is measured. Then, an orthotic is selected from the set for which the standard arch h... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6994532 | Method and apparatus for pressure molding multi-layer footwear The present invention proposes an apparatus for pressure molding multi-layer footwear for use in the field of sport footwear. The apparatus for pressure molding multi-layer footwear has two pressure forming receptacles, each having an inflatable vessel therein. The ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6904692 | Method and system for capturing and supporting 3-D contour A three-dimensional (3-D) capture method and system having a 3-D contour capture device for capturing a surface contour of an object, a contoured support device for placing between the surface and the 3-D contour capture device that provides additional support to at... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6543075 | Shoe cover applicator device A shoe cover application device having a holding member for holding a shoe cover open in a receiving position to accommodate the insertion of a user shoe. The shoe cover application device also includes a separation member that separates the shoe cover fr... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6160264 | System for plotting a tri-dimensional shape, notably a plantar arch, and method of operating the system for producing an orthopaedic shoe or sole The system (7) for plotting the shape of a tri-dimensional object (2) is used in particular for the profile of a plantar arch (20). It comprises a sensing device (1) having rods (3) movable in a support (10, 11) such that said object (2) can be applied on... | 12/12/2000 |
| 5640779 | Apparatus, system and method for forming custom-made shoe inserts A foot impression unit is provided with an array of gauging elements, a control mechanism for urging the gauging elements into contact with the undersurface of a person's foot to form an impression of the undersurface of the foot, a locking mechanism for ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5210897 | Pulling over and toe lasting machines For accurately positioning a shoe upper on its last preliminarily to a pulling over and toe lasting operation, the machine comprises an optical scanning system (20) by which, in cooperation with a central processor unit (22), coordinate axis values can be... | 05/18/1993 |
| 4996012 | Process and system for molding soles on to shoe uppers To automate the roughening of the peripheral surface of a shoe upper in the region to be soled, the application of adhesive along such surface and a final deburring operation, prior to injection molding the last supported shoe upper in the region of later... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4987628 | Shoe sole molding system This invention relates to a shoe sole molding system comprising a press for molding a shoe sole and a mold control assembly for controlling mold members from the press. The mold control assembly comprises a body assembly movable up-and-down by means of hy... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4884309 | Method and apparatus for making shoe lasts and/or shoe components A method and apparatus for making shoe lasts, involves digitizing on the fly a large number of sample points on the outer surface of a model last representing a particular shoe style to produce a model last digital file representing the three-dimensional ... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4876758 | System and method for forming custom-made shoe inserts A foot impression unit is provided with an array of gauging elements, a control mechanism for urging the gauging elements into contact with the undersurface of a person's foot to form an impression of the undersurface of the foot, a locking mechanism for ... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4866802 | Roughing machine for footware upper assemblies and a system that includes the roughing machine but typically includes as well other machines ahead of and following In an integrated system to achieve a number of operations on a footwear upper assembly, an automatic rougher that includes a roughing tool adapted to remove material--and hence rough--the cement margin (or bonding surface) of the footwear upper assembly t... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4769866 | Multi-station system to act upon footwear upper assemblies with transfer between stations thereof For use in a system that includes first and second machines to perform operations on a footwear upper assembly, a transfer machine that includes an activator arm assembly, and a gripper assembly rotatably and pivotally connected to one end of the activato... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4765011 | Mechanism to transfer a footwear upper assembly between stations of a multi-station system A transfer machine to move a footwear upper assembly (or the like) between stations in a footwear (or the like) processing system which transfer machine includes an end effector having a mechanism to grasp the footwear upper assembly. A base serves as a r... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4756038 | Machine for automatically roughing the cement margin of a footwear upper assembly Apparatus (and method) for automatically roughing the cement margin of a shoe or other footwear assembly, which footwear upper assembly includes an upper mounted on a last and an inner sole disposed upon the bottom of the last and connected to the upper. ... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4724562 | Device for controlling the position of a semi-product of a treated shoe A device for controlling the position of a semi-product of treated shoes comprises a holder, which is provided with a heel support and a toe cap support, the mutual distance of which is adjustable by means of a displacement chain according to the size of ... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4561139 | Machine for automatically roughing the cement margin of a footwear upper assembly A machine for automatically roughing the cement margin of a footwear upper assembly. The machine includes means for supporting the footwear upper assembly by a mechanism capable of applying to the upper assembly rocking movement, translational movement an... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4557787 | Automatically controlled thermo-cementing and folding machine In a thermo-cementing and folding machine, a gear pump operates to supply adhesive at a rate which is dependent upon the speed of rotation of a main drive shaft, by which workpiece feeding means of the machine is driven. The machine has also a facility fo... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4550461 | Biplane posting device A biplanar posting device having a board with a rear edge and a front edge and lines passing from the rear edge toward the front edge diverging toward the front edge and intersecting the front edge at an angle of about 70 degrees with a plate fixed to the... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4517696 | System and method for forming custom-made shoe inserts An automatic system for forming custon-made shoe inserts for a person's feet from a pair of blanks is provided with a foot impression mechanism including a pair of pin arrays for simultaneously forming an impression of the contour of the undersurface of e... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4510636 | System and method for forming custom-made shoe inserts An automatic system for forming custom-made shoe inserts for a person's feet from a pair of blanks is provided with a foot impression mechanism for simultaneously forming an impression of the contour of the undersurface of each of the person's feet and fo... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4500773 | Method and apparatus for use in heating shoe parts A metal plate is heated to bring a heating surface thereof to a temperature of between 450° C. and 300° C. The shoe part to be heated is brought into opposed relationship with and close proximity to the heating surface. This method avoids color sensitiv... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4455702 | Footwear manufacture A method of manufacturing outer footwear such as a shoe comprises the step of dry or moist heat setting a lasted shoe (9, 10) by partially or totally immersing it in a fluidized solid material (2) in a bath (1). It is now proposed that the lasted shoe (9,... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4454618 | System and method for forming custom-made shoe insert A system and method for forming a custom-made resilient insert for a given person's shoe in which the contour of the support surface of the insert conforms to the contour of the undersurface of a person's foot.... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4449264 | System for forming custom-made shoe inserts An automatic system for forming custom-made shoe inserts for a person's feet from a pair of blanks is provided with a foot impression mechanism including a pair of pin arrays for simultaneously forming an impression of the contour of the undersurface of e... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4403361 | Techniques for stripping a sleeve from resin impregnated fibrous rovings A method and apparatus for stripping a sleeve from a length of resin-impregnated fiberglass rovings and for cutting a length of the impregnated fibers. The invention severs and separates the sleeve in a manner which assures that the fibers will remain com... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4324118 | Machine for roughing a peripheral vamp edge of a shoe A turntable rotatable about a vertical axis X supports a carriage slidable thereacross; two templates, with profiles respectively conforming to those of a pair of shoes whose uppers or vamps are to be roughened along a peripheral edge folded about an inso... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4246673 | Band for operating on shoes A flexible band for wrapping about a shoe contour. The band comprises an inner and an outer steel band with a resilient insert arranged therebetween. The inner and outer bands each comprise a toe portion and two side portions. The portions of the inner ba... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4167103 | Machine for roughing the margin of an upper of a shoe assembly A roughing machine having a support for supporting bottom-up a shoe assembly formed of a last having an insole located on its bottom and an upper mounted thereon with the margin of the upper secured to the bottom of the insole and a roughing tool located ... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4134278 | Machine for performing an operation along a non-rectilinear workpiece periphery A machine for roughing the margin of a shoe upper a desired distance inwardly of the non-rectilinear margin periphery during the rectilinear movement of a shoe assembly, comprising the upper mounted on a last, past a roughing tool. A sensing member, movab... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4126021 | Dust extraction arrangement for an automatic roughing machine A dust extraction hood is mounted for pivotal movement with its associated tool on an automatic shoe bottom roughing machine. A parallel linkage is arranged to permit the hood to be spaced equidistantly from the shoe bottom throughout the operation of the... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4020660 | Roughing machine having tool position adjusting mechanism A roughing machine for roughing the margin of an upper of a shoe assembly comprised of a last having an insole on its bottom and the upper mounted thereon with the upper margin lying against and being secured to the insole periphery. The machine is so con... | 05/03/1977 |
| 3992743 | Roughing machine with damper mechanism A roughing machine for roughing the margin of an upper that is moved past a roughing tool of the roughing machine. The roughing tool is incorporated in a roughing tool assembly that is yieldably urged downwardly against the upper margin under relatively l... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3975932 | Roughing machine having tool position adjusting mechanism A roughing machine for roughing the margin of an upper of a shoe assembly comprised of a last having an insole on its bottom and the upper mounted thereon with the margin lying against and being secured to the insole periphery. The machine incorporates a ... | 08/24/1976 |
