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4674203 Inner part of shoe with a surface massaging the soles of the feet and process for its fabrication  
An inner or inner sole for a shoe in the shape of an insert sole or of a foot support consists of a substructure from a compact or cellular structure shaped, elastic material. On the upper side a...
4674205 Stamped cushioning piece in the form of an insole or of an insert piece for shoes  
Described herein is a stamped cushioning piece of a two-layered latex foam, produced with paddings in various places from a latex foam of greater specific weight. First, a layer of latex foam of...
4674201 Foot support  
A foot or fifth toe support for any shoe but primarily for running and jogging shoes, consisting of a flat, flexible and resilient member located below the fifth proximal phalanx from the...
4669142 Method for making footwear insole  
A custom molded insole for supporting the human foot in a ski boot or other footwear is disclosed. The insole is a one-piece, thin, contoured blank of semi-rigid, bendable, resilient material...
4658515 Heat insulating insert for footwear  
A heat retention insole for shoes comprises a laminated structure incorporating a flexible plastic bottom sheet, a similar flexible plastic upper sheet, and a spacer sheet formed primarily of...
4654982 Toe ventilating pneumatic shoes  
The invention relates to a ventilated shoe device utilizing air passageways and spring loaded valves to promote positive airflow resulting from compression of the sole elements, thereby providing...
4654984 Reinforced heel orthotic insert  
A rigid orthotic insert having a reinforcing structure for the heel made up of a plurality of layers, each layer having graphite fibers positioned parallel to one another and oriented along an axis...
4651445 Composite sole for a shoe  
A sole for a shoe is described formed from a composite material. The composite material includes a plurality of plies with each ply having a plurality of high modulus, preferably unidirectional,...
4649586 Sole for athletic shoe and method of making the same  
A midsole for an athletic shoe made by a process comprising, forming a plastic board using a composition containing polyethylene resin, polypropylene resin, polyester fiber, acrylic fiber, nylon...
4642912 Shoe insole  
A shoe insole having superior cushioning and comfort, good resistance to buckling, and excellent retention of cushioning properties after wear. The insole consists of three layers: (a) a bottom...
4633598 Insole for shoe  
An insole for use in athletic shoes comprises an upper layer, a lower layer laminated on the upper layer, and a shock-absorptive foamed material layer laminated on the underside of the lower layer...
4633597 Elastic pressure and automatic-air-ventilation type of insole  
It is an elastic air-sack type of insole, which will make the air inside the shoes circulated by means of restoring effect of the air sack. The air sack insole is made of an elastic film piece...
4633877 Dynamic foot support and kit therefor  
An orthotic device which includes a resilient member having a perimetral outline conforming to a predetermined portion of the human foot. This resilient member includes a plurality of segments,...
4628621 Orthotic for running  
A rigid orthotic insert made up of a plurality of layers, bonded to one another, with each layer made of a plurality of parallel graphite fibers. Some of the layers are aligned longitudinally,...
4627178 Molded shoe innersole  
A shoe-innersole material for use in providing cushioning and support in footwear, and a method of manufacturing the shoe-innersole material, the shoe innersole comprising a heel and an arch...
4627179 Shock absorbing insole construction  
A shock absorbing insole construction including an upper layer of plastic material having a storage modulus which is about 100 times the storage modulus of a lower layer of material and both...
4619055 Cushioning pad  
A cushioning pad or mat for protecting the human foot and body while walking or standing. The mat is of a bonded, multi-layer construction with an upper moisture-absorbing layer, an intermediate...
4612713 Orthotic for athletic use  
A rigid orthotic insert made of layers bonded to one another, with each of the layers being made of graphite fibers positioned parallel to one another. At least one of the inserts is made of...
4611413 Reinforced orthotic insert  
A rigid orthotic insert having an elongate reinforcing member at a localized position in the orthotic. The reinforcing member comprises a fiberglass reinforced plastic core, around which is wrapped...
4603493 Insole with moldable material  
An insole for use as a replacement insole or for permanent installation in a shoe or other item of footwear is of sandwiched construction with a flexible, moldable nonsetting material inside, so...
4602442 Shoe insole and the manufacture thereof  
Shoe insoles comprise two layers of non-woven fibre fleece adhered to an impermeable plastics film. In preferred constructions at least one layer of woven reinforcing fabric is included and more...
4594283 Shoemaking material and production thereof  
There is provided a shoemaking material which comprises a laminate of two webs having different apparent densities. One web has an apparent density lower than 0.4 g/cm 3 , and the other web has an...
4590689 Air-trapping insoles  
A cushion-like, shock-absorbent insole for footwear comprises two vinyl sheets forming an airtight compartment and sealing therein one or more sheets of resilient foam. Vent holes arranged in at...
4590123 Low-resilience rubber compositions and foams  
A soft, low-resilience, cured rubber composition is prepared by mixing (a) 100 parts by weight of a polymeric material comprising a styrene-butadiene copolymer or styrene-butadiene copolymer...
4586273 Shoe insert construction  
A shoe insert for use with a shoe or sneaker to reduce impact to the foot and to absorb shock and attenuate shock to the foot. The insert is comprised of a base layer of a relatively resilient...
4571857 Plastic foot support with reinforcing struts  
Foot supports for use in footwear are molded in polypropylene sheet and include a network of longitudinal and transverse reinforcing ribs integrally molded with the support and extending across an...
4557060 Insole with exchangeable reliant pieces  
An insole for a sports shoe comprises an insole body of foam synthetic resin having recesses formed therein at the forefoot and heel areas. Corresponding pieces are of material having higher...
4541186 Gymnastic shoe with cushioning and shock absorbing insert  
A lightweight, flexible gymnastic shoe is disclosed. The shoe includes an upper formed of a lightweight synthetic fabric. A relatively broad closure strap has a first end fixed to a medial inside...
4524529 Insole for shoes  
An insole for shoes, with which, after having made a connection, preferably by sewing, between the insole and the shoe upper, a body of polyurethane forming the running sole and/or the foot bed is...
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...
4520580 Skate boot insert  
An insert for use in ice skates and the like which includes a blank pad having a top layer with an upper surface provided with a contour substantially complemental to the plantar surface of a...
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...
4510700 Variably adjustable shoe inserts  
An insert for a shoe, boot, or the like which is capable of plural adjustments so as to adapt the insert to the unique physical conformation of the wearer's foot, to hold the foot in a neutral axis...
4509510 Massage tread for human skin  
A tread for surface contact with various surfaces of a human body, as feet, chest, abdomen, etc., has a base with upwardly projecting tines. A surface tread is provided in contact with, and is...
4506460 Spring moderator for articles of footwear  
Footwear includes a high modulus moderator located between the wearer's foot and cushioning material above the foot in which the moderator is a relatively thin, lightweight material having a...
4485568 Insole  
An sole having an upper elastomer foam pad supported by an overexpanded honeycomb structure, the overexpanded honeycomb structure made by intermittently bonding ribbons of elastomer and expanding...
4476638 Flexible wooden insole and underlying support  
A flexible shoe insole consisting of strips of narrow bands of wood spaced from each other and fixed to a pliable underlying support. The strips are oriented with the length of the strip being...
4464850 Shoe insert  
A shoe insert of a cross-linked polyolefin body foamed with closed pores or cells and having a fiber layer arranged on one or both surfaces, the fiber layer consisting of fibers and/or filaments...
4461099 Molded odor-absorbing laminate  
A laminate is formed by needling a layer of hydrophobic fibers through a middle odor-absorbing layer into a bottom layer of closed-cell foamed thermoplastic. The laminate may be thermoformed to...
4442612 Orthopedic pads  
A one piece resilient and compressible pad having a generally oblong shape has a flat bottom surface with a rounded rear end, generally parallel longitudinal sides, a substantially straight forward...
4430811 Footwear  
A footwear such as shoes, boots, slippers etc., comprises a three-layered structure including an outer cover, an intermediate layer made of foamed urethane and an inner cover. The inner cover has a...
4413429 Molded foot bed  
A foot bed insertable into a shoe and heat moldable to conform to the user's foot is provided. The foot bed comprises a three layer laminate in which the base, or bottom, layer comprises a...
4408402 Supportive shoe and insert  
A shoe or shoe insert is described which provides increased support to specific areas of the foot during the first and second trimesters and third trimester of pregnancy to compensate for changes...
4404702 Shanked innersole construction  
A shanked innersole with laminated construction having a rigid street side layer, shank attached to foot side surface of the street side layer, shank board layer extending from heel to ball of...
4369537 Method of forming a footwear component  
The invention relates to a method of footwear manufacture in which a footwear component for incorporation into an article of footwear is made. The footwear component is made by simultaneously...
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...
4366630 Foot wear  
The invention concerns a composite sole for use in safety footwear, as well as a combination heel and sole and a complete article of footwear, the composite sole comprising an inner sole of...
4356642 Support device  
A support device as disclosed, such as for use as an innersole for footwear, which provides cushioned support conforming to the shape of the wearer's foot to distribute the weight of the wearer...
4353173 Insoles for skate boots  
A laminated insole for a skate boot is disclosed. The insole includes a base layer moulded in a relatively rigid plastic material and an inner layer of a relatively resilient material laminated to...
4340626 Diffusion pumping apparatus self-inflating device  
An elastomeric enclosure is initially inflated to a desired pressure by a gas having large molecules incapable of diffusing outwardly from the enclosure, except at a relatively slow rate. When the...