Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7107705 | Insole with improved cushioning and anatomical centering device An insole having a molded base and a top sheet. The insole includes directional air ports for facilitating airflow above and below the insole. In addition, the insole has a shock absorbing pad positioned on the bottom of the base to provide cushioning to the area of... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6237256 | Balance-enhanced insert for footwear An article of footwear and insert for an article of footwear are provided with means for stimulating cutaneous pressure sensation from the perimeter of the plantar surface (sole) of the foot. Increasing cutaneous sensation from the perimeter of the planta... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5404659 | Shoe insole/midsole for foot rehabilitation having a dome shaped structure A shoe insole-midsole device configured to fit the profile of the human foot with a distinctive toe end and a distinctive heel. The midfoot section of the insole/midsole device is characterized by an asymmetrical domed structure that is presented to the p... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5174052 | Dynamic stabilizing inner sole system An orthotic device for preventing hyperpronation of a human foot has a deep heel seat to cup the calcaneous and maintain it in approximately 5 degrees of varus, and high medial and lateral flanges which prevent lateral transverse drift of the first and fi... | 12/29/1992 |
