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7614168 Massaging innersole  
A foot massaging device includes a flexible innersole for removably inserting in an article of footwear. A thin layer of material is disposed over an upper surface of the innersole. A rechargeable...
7600331 Inflatable support system for an article of footwear  
An impact absorbing flexible support system, comprising a plurality of fluid filled chambers disposed in a plurality of longitudinal rows and a plurality of lateral rows, forming a matrix of said...
7591919 Fluid-filled chambers with foam tensile members and methods for manufacturing the chambers  
A fluid-filled chamber may include an outer barrier formed from a polymer material and a foam tensile member located within the outer barrier. In manufacturing the fluid-filled chamber, a mold may...
7588654 Fluid-filled chambers with foam tensile members and methods for manufacturing the chambers  
A fluid-filled chamber may include an outer barrier formed from a polymer material and a foam tensile member located within the outer barrier. In manufacturing the fluid-filled chamber, a mold may...
7578077 Shoe sole construction  
A shoe sole construction adapted to absorb and store impact energy and including a shoe sole that has a heel portion and a forefoot portion. The forefoot portion includes the toe of the sole. The...
7571555 Pneumatically cushioned shoe sole  
A pneumatically cushioned shoe sole for use with virtually any type of shoe, comprising a u-shaped outsold with inlet tubes connected via a transfer tube, an insole of memory foam supported by air...
7562469 Footwear with fluid-filled bladder and a reinforcing structure  
A sole component and a method of manufacturing the sole component are disclosed. In general, the sole component includes a fluid-filled bladder and a reinforcing structure extending around the...
7559158 Enhanced construction of inflatable inserts for articles of footwear  
An improved method of providing direct contact of inflated inserts to user's feet, comprising the steps of modifying present manufacturing procedures and components of shoe construction. The shoe...
7559107 Article of footwear having a fluid-filled bladder with a reinforcing structure  
A sole component and a method of manufacturing the sole component are disclosed. In general, the sole component includes a fluid-filled bladder and a reinforcing structure extending around the...
7556846 Fluid-filled bladder with a reinforcing structure  
A fluid-filled bladder with a reinforcing structure and a method of manufacturing the bladder and reinforcing structure are disclosed. In general, the reinforcing structure extends around the...
7555851 Article of footwear having a fluid-filled chamber with flexion zones  
An article of footwear is disclosed that includes a fluid-filled chamber with one or more flexion zones. The flexion zones may be areas of the chamber where a tensile element, for example, is...
7555848 Article of footwear having a fluid-filled bladder with a reinforcing structure  
A sole component and a method of manufacturing the sole component are disclosed. In general, the sole component includes a fluid-filled bladder and a reinforcing structure extending around the...
7546696 Inflation mechanism and outlet valve for an article of footwear incorporating an inflatable bladder  
An article of footwear having a fluid system including an inflatable bladder, an inflation mechanism, and a valve for facilitating air movement through the fluid system. In one embodiment, the...
7533477 Article of footwear with a sole structure having fluid-filled support elements  
An article of footwear is disclosed that includes an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure incorporates a support element that includes a fluid-filled chamber, a first...
7523565 Shoes comprising air cushioning system, air lightweight system, and air pressure alert system  
The present invention provides a lightweight and cushioned shoe's outsole having a pneumatic air tube swirled inside the outsole. Shoe's outsole of present invention becomes extremely lightweight...
7513067 Shoe having an inflatable bladder  
An article of footwear including a sole and an upper with an exterior and interior surface, and one or more bladders which comprises at least one of the exterior or interior surfaces of the upper....
7513066 Fluid-filled bladder for footwear and other applications  
A fluid-filled structure, such as a bladder, is disclosed. The bladder has a first surface and an opposite second surface that are peripherally joined to define various edges. The bladder encloses...
7506460 Intelligent footwear systems  
The invention is directed to intelligent systems for articles of footwear that adjust automatically in response to a measured performance characteristic. The intelligent systems include one or more...
7497036 Variable color sneaker logo and trimmings  
This disclosure pertains to an apparatus for varying a footwear's color. The apparatus comprises a first variable filter having a first reservoir portion and a first non-reservoir portion. The...
7487602 Climate configurable sole and shoe  
Disclosed are articles of footwear and soles therefor, in particular sports shoe soles that include openings for ventilation and vapor exchange. The soles include an insole layer with a plurality...
7484318 Therapeutic shoe sole design, method for manufacturing the same, and products constructed therefrom  
A therapeutic device includes a supporting member that continuously and flexibly supports and bounds a plurality of small sized hard surfaced force members that support a user's foot during...
7478488 Inflatable and ventilating upper for an article of footwear  
An article of footwear includes a sole, an upper attached to the sole, where the upper includes an fluid system structure including an inflatable bladder and a ventilation system, and an inflation...
7475498 Support and cushioning system for an article of footwear  
A cushioning member for an article of footwear. The cushioning member is a flexible bladder having a fluidly interconnected heel chamber and forefoot chamber. The bladder is disposed above the sole...
7472496 Footwear with a bladder type stabilizer  
A stability device that increases foot security on the footbed of a shoe, provides lateral or medial stability, shock dampening, and optimizes flexibility. The stability device includes a resilient...
7464489 Footwear cushioning device  
A cushioning device for a footwear sole has multiple vertically directed columns. One column is located on a medial side and another is located on a lateral side, and are adjacent and spaced apart...
7451556 Shoe sole and cushion for a shoe sole  
The present invention relates to a cushion ( 20 ) for use in a shoe sole. The cushion ( 20 ) includes a medial chamber ( 26 ) for cushioning a medial portion of a wearer's foot, an internal chamber...
7451555 Methods of making adjustable air cushion insoles and resulting products  
An inflatable inner sole for footwear has a flexible, inflatable enclosure with an inflation system that may includes an on-board air pump and a pressure relief valve. The inflatable inclosure may...
7451554 Fluid system having an expandable pump chamber  
A fluid system for an article of footwear or other products is disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, the fluid system includes a pump chamber and a pressure chamber. The pump chamber is formed...
7448150 Insert with variable cushioning and support and article of footwear containing same  
The invention is a support and cushioning system for an article of footwear. The system includes a resilient insert disposed within the sole of the shoe including several fluidly interconnected...
7437835 Cushioning sole for an article of footwear  
A hollow sole is formed within the sole of a shoe wherein a top component having a flat portion and an outer wall is adhered to a bottom component wherein the depth of the outer wall defines an...
7434339 Footwear with a sole structure incorporating a lobed fluid-filled chamber  
A fluid-filled chamber for an article of footwear and a method for manufacturing the chamber are disclosed. The chamber may be incorporated into a sole structure of the footwear and includes a...
7430817 Skateboard shoe  
A skateboard shoe comprising a plurality of fluid chambers able to move and flex independently from one another along the bottom portion of the midsole is shown and described. The midsole acts as...
7426793 Footwear shock absorbing and ventilating apparatus  
A combination shock absorbing and ventilating apparatus for a foot bed of a shoe, comprises an air chamber having at least one flexible wall located in the foot bed of the shoe, an air intake to...
7426792 Footwear sole component with an insert  
A sole component for footwear combining the desirable response characteristics of a fluid filled chamber and an elastomeric material is disclosed. The chamber can be formed as a single bladder...
7409780 Bellowed chamber for a shoe  
An inflatable cushioning device, and a process for making it, having a fluid-tight, enclosed area that is bordered by a first generally flat surface, a second generally flat surface and at least...
7409779 Fluid system having multiple pump chambers  
A fluid system for an article of footwear or other products is disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, the fluid system includes a pump chamber and a pressure chamber. The pump chamber is formed...
7401419 Structural element for a shoe sole  
The present invention relates to a shoe sole including a cushioning element. The shoe sole can include a heel cup or heel rim having a shape that substantially corresponds to the shape of heel of a...
7401369 Fluid-filled bladder for footwear and other applications  
A fluid-filled structure, such as a bladder, is disclosed. The bladder has a first surface and an opposite second surface that are peripherally joined to define various edges. The bladder encloses...
7396574 Self-inflating cushion and footwear including same  
A cushion comprised of at least one chamber comprised of a barrier material, said barrier material comprised of an elastomer, said elastomer being at least semi-permeable to at least a first...
7395617 Air passage device for inflatable shoe bladders  
An inflatable bladder for use in an article of footwear including a first sheet of a flexible fluid-impervious material and a second sheet of flexible fluid-impervious material. The first sheet and...
7395616 Article of footwear with a pivoting sole element  
An article of footwear is disclosed that has a sole structure with a sole element and a coupling. The sole element is spaced from a remainder of the footwear to define a space between a portion of...
7395615 Pumping device of shoes  
The present invention discloses a pumping device of a shoe 100 includes a cushion body ( 110 ) formed inside a sole of the shoe ( 110 ) and having front and back air chambers ( 120 and 130 )...
7386946 Flexible fluid-filled bladder for an article of footwear  
A fluid-filled bladder for an article of footwear is disclosed that includes a sealed outer barrier and a tensile member. The barrier is substantially impermeable to a fluid contained by the...
7383648 Inflatable support system for an article of footwear  
An impact absorbing flexible support system, comprising a plurality of fluid filled chambers disposed in a plurality of longitudinal rows and a plurality of lateral rows, forming a matrix of said...
7380351 Helium injected footwear with adjustable shoe size upper and adjustable firmness sole  
An improved sole and upper for use with all types of footwear which provides adjustable shoe sizing, adjustable sole firmness for differing activities, allows the wearer to view and touch the...
7380350 Athletic shoe with bottom opening  
A shoe having an open interior, a plate positioned between the bottom of the shoe and a portion of the upper, and at least one opening extending from the bottom of the shoe into the midsole for...
7353625 Resilient cushioning device for the heel portion of a sole  
A shoe includes a sole for cushioning a heelstrike. The sole includes a midsole, an optional outsole, and a resilient cushioning device. The resilient cushioning device includes a bottom component,...
7350320 Structural element for a shoe sole  
The present invention relates to a shoe sole including a cushioning element. The shoe sole can include a heel cup or heel rim having a shape that substantially corresponds to the shape of heel of a...
7340851 Shoe having an inflatable bladder  
An article of footwear including a sole and an upper with an exterior and interior surface, and a bladder which comprises at least one of the exterior or interior surfaces. The bladder comprising...
7340850 Ventillating structure for footwear  
A ventilating structure for a shoe is provided, which contains a duct member containing a number of air ducts communicating with a plurality of through holes at the sole's rim, a first pad member...