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6966129 Cushioning for athletic shoe  
A shoe including a plate capable of being deflected in a direction substantially perpendicular to the major longitudinal axis of the shoe, an arch bridge integral with the plate and a substantially...
6967044 Heat reflection footwear device  
A heat reflection device for footwear includes a first layer of fluid-impervious material, a second layer of fluid-impervious material and a sac arranged between the first and second layers. The...
6964119 Footwear with impact absorbing system  
An article of footwear includes a sole, an upper portion, and an energy storage system. The upper portion includes a shell for enclosing a user's foot therein. The energy storage system extends...
6964120 Footwear midsole with compressible element in lateral heel area  
An article of footwear having a sole structure that includes one or more support elements formed of a resilient, compressible material is disclosed. The lower surface of a support element located...
6962011 Shoe for a casted foot  
A cast shoe sized and configured to be worn on a casted foot. The shoe includes an air-insufflated outer sole formed of a resilient polymeric material to absorb impact. The outer sole has a heel...
6951066 Cushioning sole for an article of footwear  
Disclosed herein is a shoe construction for providing increased cushioning effects. The shoe includes a sole, a footbed, and a layer of a plurality of deformable protrusions disposed between at...
6944973 Protective cage for footwear bladder  
A protective cage for footwear bladders is disclosed. The protective cage includes a cage base and a plurality of support members that extend outwardly from the cage base. The support members...
6931764 Footwear sole structure incorporating a cushioning component  
A cushioning component for an article of footwear is disclosed that includes a fluid-filled chamber and a covering element extending over a portion of the chamber. The chamber is devoid of internal...
6918198 Footwear with an air cushion and a method for making the same  
An article of footwear includes an air cushion sandwiched between an upper and an outsole. The air cushion confines an air chamber and has a bottom wall formed with a plurality of grooves that are...
6915594 Air cushion shoe for indoor exercise  
Disclosed is an air cushion shoe with various kinds of air chambers capable of absorbing the shocks generated by the application of the weight of a wearer in a vertical direction and distributing...
6892477 Dynamically-controlled cushioning system for an article of footwear  
An article of footwear with a dynamically-controlled cushioning system is disclosed. The cushioning system includes a sealed, fluid-filled bladder formed with a plurality of separate cushioning...
6889451 Fluid system with internal filter  
The invention is a fluid system with an internal filter assembly that prevents particulate from moving between portions of the fluid system. The internal filter assembly is located within a fluid...
6883253 2A improvements  
An article of footwear is disclosed which comprises a vamp, a lower support connected to the vamp and at least one insert mounted in the lower support and which includes an airtight casing having a...
6874251 Waterproofed vapor-permeable sole for shoes  
A waterproofed and vapor-permeable sole for shoes, comprising a tread which is made of leather or similar material and is at least partially covered in an upward region by a membrane made of a...
6865823 Insole with fabric  
The invention relates to an insole for footwear. The insole comprises a top foil and a bottom foil in between which a number of cavities are formed containing liquid or gel. The top foil and/or...
6848200 Custom conformable device  
A custom conformable device that supports and cushions a user's anatomical part, such the foot. The device is self-inflating, conforms to the shape of the user's foot, utilizes an inflatable...
6848201 Shock absorption system for a sole  
A shock absorption system for a sole of a footwear is provided that includes an inner and outer absorption chamber and a central absorption member. The outer absorption chamber defines a passageway...
6843000 Shoe outer sole, method for its manufacture, and mold therefor  
Outer sole for shoe has midsole formed from two conjoined midsole pieces, and bottom outsole piece. At least midsole pieces are formed by injection molding. Midsole has plurality of through holes...
6837590 Illuminated cap and shoe set  
A combination cap and shoe set is provided wherein each of the cap and shoe include illuminated regions. For example, the brim of the hat may be illuminated in its entirety in a particular color...
6837951 Method of thermoforming a bladder structure  
A method for thermoforming a resilient, fluid-filled bladder structure with thermal contact molding is disclosed. The bladder includes two sheets of thermoplastic material that are separated by at...
6830793 Composite damping material  
A composite material is provided that includes an array of machine elements disposed within a matrix material. Each machine element includes a cross-section defining an internal space that is...
6820353 Performance shoe midsole  
Application-specific midsoles and method of designing midsoles are described herein. The midsole includes a plurality of cells that extend generally upward from a generally flat support structure...
6810606 Shoe sole structures incorporating a contoured side  
A construction for a shoe, particularly an athletic shoe such as a running shoe, includes a sole that conforms to the natural shape of the foot, particularly the sides, and that has a constant...
6782641 Heel construction for footwear  
The present invention comprises a multilayered heel construction for footwear. A fluid-filled bladder is incorporated into the heel of footwear. The bladder defines an internal cavity which is...
6775932 Air bladder device having pattern changing mechanism  
An air bladder device includes a casing having a transparent or semi-transparent wall, an air bag received in the casing, and one or more patterns disposed between the wall and the air bag. The air...
6773785 Air cushion  
A three dimensional air cushion having a sealed outer peripheral edge of a geometric shape. The projected area of the hollow interior sealed by the outer peripheral edge is smaller than the upper...
6763612 Support structure for a shoe  
A support structure for a shoe includes a bladder arrangement having at least one (and preferably two) fluid-filled chamber arranged in a heel region of the sole of the shoe. The fluid-filled...
6754981 Footwear structure with outsole bulges and midsole bladder  
A footwear structure includes an outsole having outwardly projecting heel and metatarsal bulges joined by a resticted channel, the bulges and channel all opening at an interior surface of the...
6751890 Structure of ventilated shoe bottom  
The invention provides a structure of ventilated shoe bottom, which includes an outsole of a shoe and a cushion provided on top of the outsole to be engaged with the outsole. A concave portion that...
6751892 Minefield shoe and method for manufacture thereof  
A minefield shoe for reducing the danger of accidental detonation of a land mine by a wearer of the shoe, the shoe including: (a) a cushion including a plurality of inflatable compartments, the...
6745499 Shoe sole having a resilient insert  
The present invention relates to a shoe sole having a resilient insert which provides fluidic cushioning and support to the foot of the wearer. The resilient insert has a heel chamber, a forefoot...
6742287 Dive boot purge system  
A water purging system for a flexible diving boot, including a first layer of flexible material located adjacent the interior of the boot in contact with the foot of the diver. The first layer of...
6730379 Shoe sole of gas-filled film with barrier layer of ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and aliphatic polyurethane  
A shoe is fabricated from an upper structure and a sole structure wherein the sole structure contains a gas-filled cushioning device composed of a multi-layer film formed into a gas-filled membrane...
6725573 Pneumatic inflating device contained entirely within shoe sole  
A pneumatic inflation device disposed within the sole of a shoe and comprising a pump which is entirely within the sole, a pump actuator which is entirely within the sole when not in use, and an...
6722059 Dynamic and static cushioning footbed  
A footbed is disclosed that is for use with a shoe. The footbed includes static and dynamic chambers for cushioning a wearer's foot. The static chambers are isolated from one another and the...
6684530 Moisture and temperature regulating insole  
A moisture and temperature regulating insole for a shoe. The shoe includes a body having a cover and a base layer connected to the cover, and a sole having a base connected to the body and an...
6671979 Air flow shoe system  
An air flow system based on the human circulatory system whereby a cushioning, cooling and circulating air flow is generated by a wearer of the shoe. The shoe includes a heart pump actuated by the...
6665959 Insole  
The invention concerns an insole for footwear. The insole comprises a liquid-filled sole with a top sheet and a back sheet between which is formed at least one chamber with liquid. On top of the...
6662472 Buffer device of sports shoes  
The present invention relates to a buffer device of sport shoes having a plurality of air chamber buffer elements disposed at the appropriate positions on the sole of the shoes, and a ventilation...
6655050 Snowboard boot with inflatable bladders  
The snowboarding boot of the invention includes a boot shell having a toe portion, a heel portion, an ankle portion, and a top portion. In the preferred embodiment, a selectively inflatable bladder...
6655048 Breathable and waterproof sole for shoes  
A breathable and waterproof sole for shoes, which comprises, at least along part of its extension, a lower waterproof component, which constitutes the tread; an upper component, with a supporting...
6618959 Cushioning insert for a shoe and shoe that is provided with such a cushioning insert  
A cushioning insert ( 1 ) to be inserted in the heel zone of a shoe is provided with a honey-comb structure ( 2 ) which is improved in such a manner that it provides good cushioning properties and...
6589614 Cushioning device for an athletic shoe  
A cushioning device that imparts both stability and cushioning to the midsole of an athletic shoe. The cushioning device includes a bladder that has a plurality of separate fluid chambers...
6589630 Performance enhancing shoe components and methods  
The present invention provides performance enhancing shoe components and methods of using those shoe components to increase exercise performance. The shoe components comprise a layer of...
6581303 Ventilating arrangement for a shoe  
A shoe is ventilated by compression and expansion of a pump molded of one-piece with an insert sandwiched between an insole and an outsole. Dome-shaped projections on the insole and outsole are...
6571490 Bladder with multi-stage regionalized cushioning  
A bladder which is particularly useful for a sole assembly of a shoe is formed of multiple layers of barrier film to provide multiple pressurized layers of cushioning fluid or gas when the bladder...
6557274 Athletic shoe construction  
A supportive, lightweight athletic shoe construction is described which includes an inflatable upper and a sole. The upper includes a foot conforming support member, an inflatable exoskeleton and...
6557271 Shoe with improved cushioning and support  
An article of footwear of the present invention includes a sole and an upper portion, which forms a shell for enclosing a user's foot therein. The shell has a collar for extending around a user's...
6557272 Helium movement magnetic mechanism adjustable socket sole  
An improved sole for use with all types of footwear, including dress, casual, and athletic shoes and sandals, which has a socket casing made of a plurality of layers, the topmost surface of which...
6553691 Self-inflatable air cushion for shoes  
Support is provided to the foot of a shoe wearer by an air cushion that includes a support chamber surrounding a collapsible pump operable by the foot of the wearer for directing compressed air...