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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7089689 | Athletic shoe with inclined wall configuration and non-ground-engaging member A heel support for an athletic shoe that in one embodiment includes a recumbent-U shaped member to assist in shock absorption. The member may include a tent-shaped wall with an upper perimeter in contact with a non-ground-engaging member. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7082700 | Athletic shoe with inclined wall configuration A heel support for an athletic shoe that in one embodiment includes a recumbent-U shaped member to assist in shock absorption. The member may include a tent-shaped wall with an opening exposing the interior of the member. ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6962008 | Full bearing 3D cushioning system The invention relates to a sliding element for a shoe sole. The sliding element includes an upper sliding surface and a lower sliding surface, wherein the lower sliding surface is arranged below the upper sliding surface so as to be slideable in at least two directi... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6829848 | Rotating pivot for shoe A shoe sole includes a rotatable pivot assembly to allow easy pivoting of a ball region of a shoe. The shoe sole includes a pivot cavity defined by an upper plate support surface and a lower plate support surface having an aperture therein. A rotatable pivot assembl... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6701645 | Rotatable traction pad for athletic shoe A rotatable traction pad for a shoe can be mounted in a circular cavity in the shoe sole bottom surface, with the cavity being relatively shallow in relation to the shoe sole thickness. The pad mounting mechanism can include an annular bearing housing adh... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6681286 | Control chipset having dual-definition pins for reducing circuit layout of memory slot A control chipset having dual-definition data pins capable of reducing circuit layout to memory module slots. Using dual-definition data pins of the control chipset and multiplexing/de-multiplexing devices, the control chipset is able to sense the particu... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6234987 | Foot heel massaging device A foot heel massaging device is located in the heel of a shoe to massage the foot heel of a person wearing the shoe. The device consists essentially of a fixed member located fixedly in the shoe heel, a movable member located movably on the fixed member a... | 05/22/2001 |
| 5970628 | Athletic shoe with improved heel structure A shoe includes a rear sole support for receiving a replaceable rear sole to provide longer wear. The shoe may also include a flexible plate supported by the rear sole support between the heel and the rear sole to reduce midsole compression and provide ad... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5826352 | Athletic shoe with improved sole A shoe includes a heel support for receiving a rotatable and replaceable rear sole to provide longer wear. The shoe may also include a graphite insert supported by the heel support between the heel and the rear sole to reduce midsole compression and provi... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5560126 | Athletic shoe with improved sole A shoe includes a heel support for receiving a rotatable and replaceable rear sole to provide longer wear. The shoe may also include a graphite insert supported by the heel support between the heel and the rear sole to reduce midsole compression and provi... | 10/01/1996 |
| 4901454 | Ski boot A ski boot is provided having a heel element rotatable about an axis in the heel piece which, by means of screw bolts, is secured on the wall of the sole of the boot within the region of the heel of the ski boot. The axis extends essentially perpendicular... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4455766 | Spring-locked rotatable heel A heel having a circular wear-element spring-locked to a heel base, in which position the wear-element may be manually unlocked against the spring action to permit rotation and relocation in a new position on the heel base, and being manually releasable f... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4317295 | Wear resisting member for article of footwear A wear resisting member or pad is mounted in the undersurface of the heel of an article of footwear, such as a ski boot, to improve the wearability of the heel. When employed in a ski boot, the heel thereof is formed with a cavity for weight reduction, an... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4146980 | Footwear An article of footwear including a heel, at least a portion of the heel which presents a rear ground engaging zone of the heel, being rotatable relative to the remainder of the article of footwear. Preferably, the heel comprises a base portion adapted to ... | 04/03/1979 |
