Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322132 | Device for high-heeled shoes and method of constructing a high-heeled shoe A device for insertion in a high-heeled shoe has a first crescent shaped raised area in a region underlying the forward edge of a wearer's heel bone and a second raised area underlying the metatarsals of the wearer is described. Also described is a method for constr... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7272900 | Balancing appliance for footwear item A balancing disc or appliance for use in with a shoe insole, or biomechanical device, such as an ankle or foot brace, for balancing the gait of a user is defined by a substantially circular disc or body element having a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surf... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7266913 | Insole The invention relates to a insole for footwear in the form of a sole insert with at least one hindfoot part and a midfoot part and with a support for the medial longitudinal arch, wherein a first rise is provided in the region of an insert outer border of the hindfo... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7159342 | Ball of foot shoe inserts A removable ball of the foot insert for placement into footwear at a position in correspondence with a forefoot portion of the footwear includes a substantially planar member made from a viscoelastic gel, the planar member including a lower surface and an upper surf... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7140130 | Insole with a neuroma pad Footwear including an insole formed for relieving pressure on a common digital nerve of a foot. The insole has heel, mid and forefoot sections. The forefoot section of the insole is formed with a pad having a neuroma pad section which underlies the third and fourth ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7100307 | Footwear to enhance natural gait An article of footwear that acts to strengthen the foot through biofeedback, reduces stresses on the foot that occur during impact through midsole/outsole design characteristics, and enhances the foot's ability to pre-stabilize itself prior to striking the ground by... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7013583 | Footwear with removable foot-supporting member An article of footwear is disclosed having an upper, a foot-supporting member, and a sole structure. The foot-supporting member includes a heel region located at a greater elevation than a forefoot region, thereby defining a recess under the heel region. The sole st... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6938363 | Orthopedic shoe appliance and method An apparatus for orthopedic treatment including a top surface, a bottom surface, and an angle of inclination formed between the top surface and the bottom surface is disclosed. In addition, the apparatus, in some embodiments, may be integrally formed as part of a pi... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6874258 | Orthopedic shoe appliance and method An apparatus for orthopedic treatment including a first upper surface, a second upper surface, bottom surface, and an angle of inclination formed between the top surface and the bottom surface is disclosed. In addition, the apparatus in some embodiments, may be inte... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6854198 | Footwear Footwear comprising a sole. The sole has a heel section for supporting a heel of the foot. The heel section has medial and lateral regions. At least a portion of the lateral region has a first compressive resilience for attenuating the shock of impact to the wearer ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6745501 | Orthotic for improving toe-off action of human foot A removable orthotic insert for improving the gait of a person suffering from diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, or other condition that impairs proper transfer of weight to the forefoot. There is a rigid cap member having a downwardly extending, transverse ridge locat... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6694648 | Metatarsal arch support A metatarsal arch support is described, in which the support has a raised section of such a size and shape as to roughly match and fill the open space that exists between the insole of the shoe and the portion of the foot that spans the second, third, and... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6692454 | Shoe, ankle orthosis and method for protecting the ankle A method for protecting the ankle against injury, limit subtalar joint motion of the ankle by controlling the motions of segments of the subtalar joint fore and aft of the subtalar joint while permitting motion of the foot about the ankle joint with an im... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6684532 | Footwear with removable foot-supporting member An article of footwear is disclosed having an upper, a foot-supporting member, and a sole structure. The foot-supporting member includes a heel region located at a greater elevation than a forefoot region, thereby defining a recess under the heel region. ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6618960 | Contoured insole for footwear An insole assembly for a shoe or other article of footwear. The assembly includes a soft, cushioning foam blank having an upper surface which is contoured to engage the plantar surface of a foot, and a thin, substantially rigid, resiliently flexible cap w... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6594922 | Medial/lateral counter foot stabilizer The invention relates to an apparatus and methods for incorporating a medial/lateral counter foot stabilizer into shoes. In an embodiment, the medial/lateral counter foot stabilizer of the invention comprises a plantar aspect which extends the length of t... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6453578 | Orthopedic sole structure An orthopedic sole structure includes an insole made from a first polymeric material with a first stiffness, and an insert made from a second polymeric material with a second stiffness. The insole includes a metatarsals support portion, a tarsals support ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6412198 | Forefoot support system for high heel shoes A forefoot support system 60 for supporting a hyperpronating forefoot 20 both dynamically while the forefoot 20 is in motion and statically is disclosed. The forefoot support system 60 is a bed upon which the forefoot 20 rests which includes an inner edge... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6282816 | Insole for footwear An insole for a shoe or boot produced by molding together a stiff outer plastic shell, a dual foam inner layer of rubber-like material and a fabric upper layer engaged by the foot. A more dense foam is provided for the inner layer at the arch of the foot.... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6233847 | Contoured insole for footwear An insole assembly for a shoe or other article of footwear. The assembly includes a soft, cushioning foam blank having an upper surface which is contoured to engage the plantar surface of a foot, and a thin, substantially rigid, resiliently flexible cap w... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6092314 | Foot support system and use in shoe lasts A foot support system 60 for supporting a hyperpronating foot 20 both dynamically while the foot 20 is in motion and statically is disclosed. The foot support system 60 is a bed upon which the foot 20 rests which includes an inner edge 62 and an outer edg... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6070342 | Contoured insole for footwear An insole assembly for a shoe or other article of footwear. The assembly includes a soft, cushioning foam blank having an upper surface which is contoured to engage the plantar surface of a foot, and a thin, substantially rigid, resiliently flexible cap w... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6026599 | Pseudo-planar insole insert A flexible insole insert comprises a body having a planar first member and a planar second member secured to the first member. The second member has a heel portion, with a medial portion and a lateral portion, and an arch portion. A foremost extremity of ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5964046 | Footwear Footwear comprising a sole formed from a first resilient material for attenuating the shock of impact to a wearer during running or walking, and a second material harder than the first material for providing firm support for a foot. The sole has heel, arc... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5933984 | Insole construction for shoes An insole construction for an athletic shoe has a shell portion that is positioned under the heel and midfoot of the foot, and is covered with an insole and having low friction material on the upper sides in selected regions. The low friction material may... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5327664 | Postural control foot orthotic with a forefoot posting shim The functional forefoot orthotic of this invention comprises a shell plate that is conformed to the sole of the foot replica, a forefoot posting shim is applied to the upper surface of the shell plate. A stabilizing heel platform may also be applied to th... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5285584 | Mechanical custom molding of footgear An apparatus for providing footgear with comfortable individualized custom support, said apparatus comprising mechanical means to selectively and seperately change the position of multiple areas of the inner sole of said footgear, said areas corresponding... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5203793 | Conformable cushioning and stability device for articles of footwear A conformable device (20) containing a conformable material (41) substantially comprising fluid matter which forms a resilient material substantially comprising solid matter after a working time is used in an article of footwear (44) in order to enhance c... | 04/20/1993 |
| 4977691 | Shoe insole with bottom surface compression relief An insole (10) for athletic shoes and the like. A first layer (12) of the insole is suitable for disposition toward a user's foot. A second molded layer (14) is comprised of a visco-elastic material. The visco-elastic material typically comprises a plasti... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4541184 | Insole An insole includes an abrasion-resistant fabric top covering adhered to a layer of molded modified dense polyurethane contoured to provide maximum shock absorption under those areas of the foot most subject to impact loading and a minimum thickness of pol... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4250886 | Orthotic Disclosed is an orthotic in which the heel portion of a sole is raised above the forefoot-receiving portion by one and one-half inches. The sole is of ordinary shape and dimensions, except that there is disposed upon the sole a rectangular metatarsal pad ... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4112600 | Orthopedic shoes An orthopedic canvas shoe containing a supporting arch and having a continuous flexible sole wherein the sole is formed such that the inside heel and arch portions of the sole are slightly elevated with respect to the remainder of the sole. The arch of th... | 09/12/1978 |
| 3997984 | Orthopedic canvas shoe An orthopedic canvas shoe containing a supporting arch and having a continuous flexible sole wherein the sole is formed such that the inside heel and arch portions of the sole are slightly elevated with respect to the remainder of the sole. The arch of th... | 12/21/1976 |
