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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370439 | Field and stream boot A field and stream boot for traversing rivers, lakes and stream beds, as well as, outdoor trails which includes; an upper construction with a hard heel, a hard toe, an ankle cup, and a metatarsus rigid panel that provide foot protection from outdoor or underwater te... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7334352 | Shoe The invention relates to a shoe (1), especially a sports shoe, comprising a sole (2) and a shoe upper part (3) linked therewith, the sole (2) having a receptacle (4) in which a damping element (5) is detachably arranged. The... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7281286 | Elastomeric sole for use with converted flatbed sewing machine The present invention addresses an elastomeric sole having a sidewall with a height less that 0.625 inch, forming a cavity and a horizontally disposed rim extending from the top surface of the sidewall. The sole includes at least two upstanding regions extending upw... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7225564 | Shoe outsole A shoe outsole includes an outer member with an inner heel region. An inner member is located in the inner heel region and includes a ground-contacting surface. The inner member has a softer durometer than the outer member. The inner member contains a liquid or gas.... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225491 | Shoe cushioning system and related method of manufacture A footwear cushioning system including an insole and a midsole that define a chamber containing multiple, hollow, inverted, truncated cones. The insole includes a plate having a downwardly extending rib to define a recess. The midsole includes a midsole plate includ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222443 | Footwear with improved insole Footwear includes an insole with at least one covered opening in the insole. ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7207125 | Grid midsole insert A midsole insert for use with a shoe is provided. The midsole insert includes a heel portion, a midfoot portion, and a forefoot portion, and a plurality of grid systems located on the midsole insert, where each grid system includes a plurality of openings cut into t... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7178269 | Insole for footwear An insole for footwear comprising silicone with a filler material, having a selected region of a silicone-cork mixture with a sufficiently high proportion of cork that the height thereof can be formed by grinding. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7146750 | One-piece shoe construction with improved ventilation The invention relates to a apparatus and method for providing a shoe with an upper and a sole having a top surface, where the upper is integrally formed with the sole and where the top surface has a plurality of notches. The invention further includes a footbed havi... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134223 | Elastomeric sole for use with converted flatbed sewing machine The present invention addresses an elastomeric sole having a sidewall with a height less that 0.625 inch, forming a cavity and a horizontally disposed rim extending from the top surface of the sidewall. The sole includes at least two upstanding regions extending upw... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7107235 | Method of conducting business including making and selling a custom article of footwear The present invention teaches a method of conducting retail and Internet business including making and delivering a custom article of footwear. The article of footwear taught in the present invention includes a spring element that can provide improved cushioning, st... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7013581 | Article of footwear having a suspended footbed An article of footwear is disclosed that includes an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure has a concave element, a footbed, and a core. The concave element has a structure that includes a base portion and sidewalls extending upward fro... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016867 | Method of conducting business including making and selling a custom article of footwear The article of footwear taught in the present invention includes a spring element that can provide improved cushioning, stability, and running economy. Unlike the conventional foam materials presently being used by the footwear industry, a preferred spring element i... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013582 | Full length cartridge cushioning system The invention relates to a shoe sole for an article of footwear, in particular a sports shoe. The sole includes a first area having a first deformation element and a second area having a second deformation element. The first deformation element includes a foamed mat... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7010872 | Modular shoe A modular shoe separates into components. The components may be interchangeable to provide versatility without requiring a large number of single use shoes. Each shoe component may also be collapsible to provide for convenient packing in a travel bag or other locati... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6948264 | Non-clogging sole for article of footwear The present invention teaches an article of footwear having a non-clogging for use on natural grass and also artificial turf surfaces. A preferred sole can include protrusions comprising a hydrophobic material having a wettability index equal to or greater than 90 d... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948262 | Cantilevered shoe construction A cantilevered shoe construction for preventing knee and hip osteoarthritis. The shoe construction includes a cantilevered foot support with an anchored lateral side and a fully or partially cantilevered medial side. The cantilevered foot support transfers forces, o... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6938362 | Reinforcement for a boot, in particular a sports boot, more specifically a cross-country ski boot, and a boot having such a reinforcement A reinforcement for a boot, in particular a sports boot, more particularly a cross-country ski boot. The boot reinforcement makes it possible to improve the torsional stiffness, efficiency, durability, lightness, cost, foot protection, and industrial workability. To... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6910287 | Shoe midsole A shoe midsole (1) for shoes with exceptional walking comfort, eg hiking shoes. The shoe midsole is provided with a shock absorber (6) in its heel zone (4) and a bead (8) behind and adjacent the heel zone, said bead completely or partiall... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6754982 | Shoe cushioning system and related method of manufacture A footwear cushioning system including an insole and a midsole that define a chamber containing multiple, hollow, inverted, truncated cones. The insole includes a plate having a downwardly extending rib to define a recess. The midsole includes a midsole plate includ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6742288 | Sports shoe Disclosed is a sports shoe having a shell 26, an inner sole 10, a middle sole 16, and sponges 12 and 14 attached between the inner sole 10 and the middle sole 16, including: a space part 17 formed within the mi... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6703142 | Moldable article, method of making and composition for making moldable articles A moldable article that can be custom-fitted to a particular user. Such an article comprises a thermoplastic material such as ethylene vinyl acetate modified by an antistatic agent selected from the group consisting of polyol amines such as ethoxylated am... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6685011 | Shock absorbing device for shoe sole This invention is directed to a shock absorbing device for a shoe sole comprising a lower layer 2 having an upper face 21 and an upper layer 3 having a lower face 30. The two layers 2, 3 are both made of an elastomer. The faces 21, 30 are each formed to h... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6625906 | Insole and use of the same for producing a shoe An insole suitable for adaptation of a shoe to the particular foot width of the wearer includes a support sole (2) with a lateral delimitation (3) corresponding to the actual insole outline; a dish-shaped edge (4) extending upwardly and laterally beyond t... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6516539 | Shock absorbing device for shoe sole This invention is directed to a shock absorbing device for a shoe sole providing a lower layer 2 having an upper face 21 and an upper layer 3 having a lower face 30. The two layers 2, 3 are both made of an elastomer. The faces 21, 30 are each formed to ha... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6505421 | Blast and fragment resistent polyurethane boot sole for safety footwear A blast and fragment resistant polyester or polyether-based polyurethane boot sole includes embedded protective material throughout the entire sole. The embedded protective material consists of one or more layers of woven polyaramid fibers. The polyaramid... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6397498 | Sports shoes for training physical strength Sports shoes for training physical strength which are divided into the uppers, middle layer of a shoe sole, and the bottom sole, including: a rubber seat inserted at both sides and the back of the uppers; a high-elastic sponge adhered at bottom surface of... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6312782 | Discreet shaped colored polymeric objects in a transparent or translucent matrix A system to manufacture articles of footwear, shoe soles, shoe parts, clothing, or externally visible safety material having enhanced safety and visibility with reflective fluorescent safety particle chips, pieces, and shapes which are embedded, bonded, o... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6266896 | Shoe sole of lightweight A shoe sole including a shoe sole casing and a polyurethane foam body encased by the shoe sole casing. The shoe sole casing is made of a material having a high specific gravity. The shoe sole casing has a top layer and a bottom layer with a plurality of t... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6226895 | Footwear construction A shoe construction having a sole with an outsole shell that is filled with a filling material, such as polyurethane foam, and secured to the upper by a welt. The sole includes an insole having a downwardly extending rib, an outer shell defining a void co... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6183855 | Flexible composite material with phase change thermal storage A highly flexible composite material having a flexible matrix containing a phase change thermal storage material. The composite material can be made to heat or cool the body or to act as a thermal buffer to protect the wearer from changing environmental c... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6092251 | Method for manufacturing shoes and shoe obtained with the method A method of manufacturing a shoe, provided with a front region and a heel region. The method comprises the steps of stitching an upper to a piece of fabric in order to obtain an inner shoe which is closed at its lower portion, providing a rubber mid-sole ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6061928 | Shoe having independent packed cushioning elements An improved cushioning assembly is provided in which separate, independent cushioning elements are loaded into a pocket of the sole assembly of the shoe. By providing separate and independent cushioning elements, greater variation of the performance of va... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6004662 | Flexible composite material with phase change thermal storage A highly flexible composite material having a flexible matrix containing a phase change thermal storage material. The composite material can be made to heat or cool the body or to act as a thermal buffer to protect the wearer from changing environmental c... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5992054 | Shoe and process for sealing the sole area of a shoe A process which serves to seal and waterproof the outsole-side end area of a waterproof shoe shaft and/or to pad the outsole-side end of a shoe by putting a liquid, curable, filling material into the space between the insole and outsole is described. The ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5932336 | Shoe sole The present invention is an improved golf shoe which incorporates a spike socket spine frame system that extends throughout the shoe sole for receiving all of the spike receptacles and is embedded in the outsole. The spine frame provides improved shoe per... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5890248 | Footwear and the manufacture thereof An item of footwear such as a shoe comprises an outer sole which may include an intermediate mid sole, an upper having an insole with a cavity between the outer sole or mid sole. The cavity receives injected into it cushioning resilient foam material whic... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5839209 | Shoe sole having an improved cushion therein and method of making same A method of making a shoe having a midsole, an upper, and an outsole. The method comprises providing a shoe midsole having a cavity in an underside thereof. The cavity is filled with a fluid which is curable to an elastomeric solid condition, and the flui... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5775005 | Footwear sole with cleated window A footwear outsole assembly including an outsole body, a pair of cleated windows, and a pair of cushioning inserts on top of the windows. The cleated windows form a portion of the outsole wear surface. Each insert is visible through the corresponding clea... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5435077 | Layered cushioning system for shoe soles A layered cushioning system for a shoe sole for women's pumps is characterized by a flexible polyurethane outsole containing a recess in the upper forepart thereof within which is molded a shock-absorbing foam insert. A rigid insole tuck having a steel sh... | 07/25/1995 |