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7587841 Shoe and ankle support with artificial spider web silk  
A shoe is provided with an ankle support member to reduce the risk of ankle injury. The ankle support member is a stiff resilient piece of bendable sheet material including a base portion, and a...
7584721 Disposable bootie for pets  
A pet bootie is formed by a sleeve of pliable, disposable and liquid impervious material having a closed end for receiving an animal's paw and an open end. A loop of elastic material has an inner...
7549185 Method for making a component of a boot body for a skating shoe  
A method for making a component of boot body for a skating shoe includes a cutting step, a mold-making step, a coating step and a shaping step. The cutting step cuts a flexible sheet to form a base...
7513068 Variable flexion resistance sport boot  
A sport boot that allows for a reduced resistance plantar extension coupled with a controlled, resistive plantar flexion motion. The preferred embodiments provide a one-piece boot made of a...
7509756 Brace for a shoe  
The invention relates to a shoe having an outsole, an upper having a notch, a brace having at least one localized area placed in the notch, and the brace being in contact with and secured to both...
7398607 Heel strap apparatus and mounting method  
A heel strap apparatus for securing the rear portion of a strapless shoe to the ankle of a wearer foot includes a linking strap segment having a linking strap segment first end and a linking strap...
7380354 Shoe that fits to a foot with belts  
A shoe with belts according to the present invention comprising an upper, a sole S that has a first and second roll-up portions S 11 , S 10 rolling upwards along side faces of a foot, and first...
7373742 Skate boot construction with 3-D heel pocket  
The present invention is directed to a 3-D insert to be disposed in a skate boot so as to eliminate or reduce the gap between the posterior section of the Achille's heel and the boot liner.
7370442 Ankle support to be attached to footwear and footwear equipped with it  
Disclosed herein is footwear having an ankle support. The footwear has a sole, an upper, and a heel section. The ankle support is worn to surround part of the foot and part of the leg between which...
7334354 Adjustable ankle support for an article of footwear  
An article of footwear is disclosed that includes an upper, an ankle support, and a sole structure. The upper receives a foot of an individual and includes a tab that is convertible from a folded...
7334355 Footwear support system  
A footwear base ( 320 ) and a structurally designed footwear bracing system ( 340 ) including a footwear base is provided. The footwear bracing system reduces the likelihood of ankle injuries when...
7243444 Athletic footwear and the like with integral supinator device  
A supinator strap integrated with an athletic shoe, sock, or brace for preventing foot and ankle injuries. In the shoe, the supinator strap includes an arch support band that extends from the...
7219450 Shoe support system  
An exemplary shoe support system is provided to facilitate a support of an ankle of a foot. The support system can include a sole inliner, a coupling, a back inliner, and an upper. The coupling...
7171766 Ankle and foot stabilization support  
A ankle and foot stabilization support apparatus and method that provide stability while the user's foot is in the neutral, dorsiflexed, and plantarflexed positions. In one embodiment, the...
7131219 Shoe with leg support  
An upper has a front shell portion and a rear shell portion which includes a rear wall part, a front wall part, left and right wall parts that cooperate to confine a receiving space to receive the...
7082703 Article of footwear for sand sports  
An article of footwear for sand sports includes an outsole and an upper secured to the outsole. The upper has a first toe pocket configured to receive a big toe of a user and a second toe pocket...
7028419 Footwear  
Footwear comprising a sole for supporting a foot and an upper attached to the sole for covering the foot and adjoining ankle. The sole and upper define an interior of the footwear and is sized and...
7020989 Shoes having improved ankle support  
A shoe having ankle support for preventing an unwanted ankle movement during a predetermined activity comprises a support piece having an ankle support and legs extending downwardly from the ankle...
7013586 Article of athletic footwear with a leash  
An article of footwear is disclosed that includes an upper, a sole structure, and a leash secured to the upper. The leash is formed of a flexible material and includes a connector strap that...
6935054 Snowboard boot with removable ankle supports  
A snowboard boot ( 200 ) includes an upper boot ( 204 ) secured to an outsole ( 206 ). The boot upper includes a vamp opening ( 208 ) that is closed by a tongue ( 210 ) and a selectively securable...
6883256 Structure for limiting movements of the leg-piece of a motorcycle boot  
A structure associated with a motorcycle boot which is designed to restrict, in the event of accidental falls followed by contact at high speed with the ground, the movements of a leg-piece of the...
6826853 Sports shoe particularly for motocross  
A sports shoe, comprising a soft upper provided with a cuff and with a rear counter which are semirigid and are separately connected to the upper, an additional semirigid element that is associated...
6817114 S-B-S compositions  
Use of compositions prepared with organic coupling agents carrying epoxy groups for preparing applications requiring simultaneously improved mechanical properties and low viscosity.
6804901 Footwear  
A skate boot having a sole and an upper, the upper having a medial quarter and a lateral quarter and defining a first pair of parallel fastening rows around the front edge of each quarter, at least...
6792700 Shoe with integrated internal ankle brace  
A high-top shoe having an integrated internal ankle brace allows substantial forward and rearward movement of an ankle while substantially constraining side-to-side motion of the ankle. The ankle...
6779282 Insole  
An insole which extends from the toes to the heel includes at least one fluid-filled container; a control unit for enabling a user to increase or reduce an amount of fluid in the container; and a...
6779283 Articulated reinforcement structure and footwear provided with such a structure  
Articulated structure for the reinforcement of footwear articles, comprising a first rigid part ( 110 ), which comprises a sole ( 111 ) and an uprising portion ( 112 ) for the heel of the user, and...
6775929 Athletic shoe or sneaker with stabilization device  
A stabilization device for an athletic shoe or sneaker having two elongate straps for wrapping around a foot within the shoe. The straps are attached to the inside sidewalls of the shoe and exit...
6766599 Removable liner and inflatable bladder for snowboard boots and method of manufacture  
An inflatable liner for a boot, such as a snowboard boot. An oily chalk like substance consisting of 90% sweet starch, 9% lubricant, and 1% stearate is included between two sheets of plastic that...
6739077 Sports footwear with improved flexibility  
In a sports footwear that comprises also a rigid reinforcement structure ( 200 ), a shoe ( 100 ) of soft, flexiable material comprises two superimposed sub-assemblies ( 110, 150 ). The upper...
6732455 Comfort upper for footwear  
A comfort upper for footwear adapted in particular to equip a sports boot and an inner liner for a sports boot. The upper includes a stiffener, positioned between the inner lining and the outer...
6718656 Shoes and braces with superelastic supports  
Described are shoes, orthodic appliances, and anatomic braces containing superelastic support members for enhanced performance. The superelastic supports provide dynamic response to deflection. As...
6715218 Unidirectional support device  
Disclosed are unidirectional support devices and articles incorporating such devices. The devices are substantially flexible in one direction while substantially rigid in an opposing direction. The...
6701644 Athletic shoe structure  
An athletic shoe includes a sole, an upper, a plurality of band-shaped members, and a fastening member. The upper has a toe portion, a heel portion, a forefoot portion and a lower periphery. The...
6692454 Shoe, ankle orthosis and method for protecting the ankle  
A method for protecting the ankle against injury, limit subtalar joint motion of the ankle by controlling the motions of segments of the subtalar joint fore and aft of the subtalar joint while...
6691434 Sports shoe, especially for downhill skiing ski-touring, cross-country skiing, snow-boarding, roller-skating or ice-skating  
The invention relates to a sports shoe, especially for downhill skiing, ski-touring, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, roller-skating or ice-skating. The inventive shoe essentially comprises a...
6631919 Wing-shaped leg support for a highback  
A highback includes a wing-shaped leg support adjustably extending therefrom that cooperates with a rider's leg to transmit forces from the rider's leg to the highback. The support is movable...
6564393 Protective ankle wear for bicyclers  
Apparatus, particularly adapted to covering and protecting the ankles of off-road bicycle riders from injury, has an ankle-length sock made of elastic knitted fabric covering each of the rider's...
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...
6550159 Skate having dynamic range of motion  
A skate boot is disclosed which comprises a foot element adapted to be mounted to a ground engaging skating implement and for receiving at least partially the foot of a skater, and an articulated...
6519877 Snowboard boot with removable upper support  
An embodiment of a snowboard boot with removable upper support includes a sole portion that cooperatively with an upwardly extending boot upper provides a volume for receiving a user's foot. The...
6509385 Trauma mitigation and pressure reducing composition  
This invention provides deformable low density trauma mitigation or pressure reducing composition comprising a viscous fluid and a plurality of macroparticulates and, optionally, microparticulates...
6490814 Sandal construction and method for manufacturing same  
A sandal construction having ankle and heel straps that are secured to the sandal by a pair of posts. Each of the posts is affixed to the sole at two laterally spaced-apart locations to provide the...
6453579 Support shoe  
An athletic or therapeutic support shoe is disclosed that provides ankle support and support for the foot muscles underlying and surrounding the arch. The shoe is a dual lace-up type, with two...
6405457 Sports boot  
A removable reinforcing element for a sports boot, particularly a snowboarding boot, of the type including an outer boot and an inner liner, the outer boot including an external sole and an...
RE37705 Impact absorbing composites and their production  
An improved composite for absorbing and dispersing impacting forces is disclosed. The composite includes a flexible plastic enclosure defining an internal cavity. The flexible enclosure is...
6298582 Article of footwear with heel clip  
An article of footwear, e.g., a shoe for running, jogging, and walling, that is designed to provide a better and more anatomical fit to the wearer's foot to enhance performance and provide better...
6282815 Method of controlling fluid flow transfer in shoes  
A method and apparatus for sing the flow of fluid through tubes in the sole of shoes. The apparatus includes a pair of fluid filled tubes along the periphery of the sole of the shoe. One tube is...
6279252 Support device, particularly for shoes  
A support device, for shoes to be associated with a sports implement such as a ski, a roller skate or an ice skate, includes a rigid shell which partially surrounds the shoe laterally, to the rear...
6272772 Footwear support system  
An apparatus mounted externally on a shoe to allow the wearer to have increased comfort and better support; in particular, relates to an apparatus, method, and system to increase comfort and...
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