Class 36/178 - Comprising multiple layers

Subclass of Class 36 - Boots, shoes, and leggings
Definition: Appliances in which the supporting means is made up of several
No. of patents: 21
Last issue date: 09/25/2007

Number	Title	Issue Date
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
7266910	Orthotic footplate An orthotic footplate including at least two superimposed, discrete structural layers having different lengths that extend along at least a segment of a length of the footplate. The footplate defines regions with different thicknesses and stiffness. ...	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
6854199	Layered arch support An arch support device has a lower layer of a semi-rigid material shaped to conform to the arch of a wearer's foot and to provide an arch supporting function when inserted in a shoe, a second layer of cushioning material such as foam secured to the upper face of the...	02/15/2005
6817115	Textured arch support device and method of manufacture An arch support device has a periphery shaped to conform to at least part of the periphery of the sole of a wearer's footwear, an upper surface, a lower surface, a heel region, an arch region, and a toe region, each region being designed to lie under the correspondi...	11/16/2004
6782643	Orthotic insert having heel post with contoured lower surface An orthotic insert having an angled lateral surface that engages the insole so as to pivot the insert in a lateral direction and invert the rearfoot at heel strike, and a medial bottom surface that freely interfits within the heel counter and insole of the shoe so a...	08/31/2004
6557273	Layered arch support and method of manufacture An arch support device has a lower layer of a rigid or semirigid material shaped to conform to the arch of a wearer's foot and to provide an arch supporting function when inserted in a shoe, a second layer of cushioning material such as foam secured to th...	05/06/2003
6510626	Custom orthotic foot support assembly An orthotic foot support construction having a sole, an orthotic unit for a foot of the wearer, a propulsion component adhered to the sole and located to provide upward propulsion of the forefoot of the foot support wearer in response to forefoot pressure...	01/28/2003
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
5778562	Insert for a shoe The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of an orthopedic sort in shoes, in the case of which the top-part is provided along its borders with a continuous cut-out section, so that for the final form-imparting processes of the orthopedic sup...	07/14/1998
5611153	Insole for heel pain relief An insole and a method for relieving bottom-of-heel pain (ie. plantar heel pain) and/or arch pain associated with bottom-of-heel pain is described....	03/18/1997
5437111	Elevating shoe provided with a deceptive inner member An elevating shoe includes a shoe body having an upper, a sole, a heel, an inner member provided in the shoe body for raising the height of the wearer. The inner member includes an elevating portion formed with a top portion defined by a minimum area nece...	08/01/1995
5373650	High-heeled shoe orthotic device An orthotic device for insertion into a high-heeled shoe is provided. An orthotic device made in accordance with the instant invention virtually eliminates the problems associated with the wearing of high-heeled shoes, particularly pronation effects, gene...	12/20/1994
5154682	Low friction adjustable shoe insert A low friction shoe insert of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene or the like having a coefficient of friction of 0.3 or less with an array of detachable discrete cushion elements on the shoe contacting lower surface to both frictionally anchor the in...	10/13/1992
5146698	Shoe insole proform II A shoe insole formed by a resilient base piece adapted to be disposed primarily at the heel area and having a cupped peripheral wall. A heel piece is disposed within the base piece and constructed for improved shock absorption at the heel. A top cushionin...	09/15/1992
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
4520581	Custom footbed support and method and apparatus for manufacturing same A footbed support for footwear comprises a laminate footbed custom formed to the shape of the wearer's foot from laminae of water-activated, polyurethane-impregnated fabric sheet material. The footbed is formed by placing the water-activated lamina on a r...	06/04/1985
4513518	Shoe inner sole An inner sole with a cushioning layer of polyurethane foam, with compression set less than 10%, laminated to a thinner layer of thermoformable polyethylene foam, which serves primarily as a vehicle for shaping the polyurethane....	04/30/1985
4367599	Shoe sole structure having controlled slippage A sock lining layer corresponding to the shape of a shoe is secured to one side of a foam layer of substantially the same size and shape. A backer layer is secured to the other side of the foam layer. The periphery of said layers are secured together. Sli...	01/11/1983

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