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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...
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7428789 |
Sports shoe for running or cross-country skiing
The invention relates to a sports boot ( 1 ) for walking or cross-country skiing, with a flexible shaft ( 2 ) receiving the foot, and a reinforcement ( 5 ) surrounding the shaft ( 2 ) on its...
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RE40363 |
Footgear with pressure relief zones
Footgear with an inner sole (66) having a grid of removable resilient elements to permit removal of selected elements (68) to provide relief to ulcerated or injured areas of the foot. An air...
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7370440 |
Footwear cinch
In the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an instep strap would be used to increase tension on a cord that would substantially encircle a circumference of an ankle portion of a shoe. In...
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7257907 |
Instant custom moldable insole
A custom moldable insole comprising a first chamber containing a silicone base and a second chamber containing a catalyst. Both fluids are forced to pass though a shared static mixing channel where...
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7249426 |
Footwear structure
An improved footwear structure having an upper and a sole, associated to such upper. The footwear structure also having fitting means, which are associated to such upper and such sole for...
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7225563 |
Shoe with adjustable fitting
A shoe includes an upper having a heel portion that has a rear wall adapted to extend around the heel of a foot. At least one adjustment pad is attached loosely to the rear wall within the heel...
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7204041 |
Ergonomic systems and methods providing intelligent adaptive surfaces
Ergonomic systems which provide medical therapy, comfort and enhanced function are provided. Surfaces are provided with adjustable contour, transient force damping and temperature. The technologies...
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7131220 |
Inflatable footwear
An inflatable footwear for providing customized support for the user. The inflatable footwear includes an inner assembly with sole and upper portions and an outer assembly also having sole and...
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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...
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6994532 |
Method and apparatus for pressure molding multi-layer footwear
The present invention proposes an apparatus for pressure molding multi-layer footwear for use in the field of sport footwear. The apparatus for pressure molding multi-layer footwear has two...
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6962010 |
Dress shoe with improved heel counter
A comfortable heel counter for a dress shoe is provided. The dress shoe includes an upper that has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is connected to the second portion to...
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6939502 |
Method of making custom insoles and point of purchase display
The present invention teaches a conformable device ( 20 ) including a light cure material ( 37 ) for customizing a portion of an article of footwear ( 53 ) in order to enhance conformance or fit,...
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6938360 |
Athletic shoe with inflatable tongue
An athletic shoe having an inflatable tongue which can be slightly deflated or inflated after lacing up or otherwise closing the shoe to conform to the user's foot and the lacing to provide a more...
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6922919 |
Sport footwear component construction
A footbed for sport footwear made of a shell, which defines the general shape of the footwear. The footbed has a sole portion and a padding wall for partially separating the sides and back of a...
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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...
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6877255 |
Two-in-one shoe component
A laminate of a thermally pointbonded nonwoven base fabric and a coating of polyurethane or polyvinyl chloride on at least one surface of the base fabric, and a footwear upper made from the...
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6860035 |
Tightening device for footwear, and an article of footwear incorporating such tightening device
A tightening device adapted to equip an article of footwear, which makes it possible to hold the foot laterally, while distributing on the foot the pressure generated by the tightening device. The...
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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...
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6792699 |
Low shear customized footgear
An orthopaedic shoe has an outsole and a special insole including an array of independently vertically movable sections or elements which are heat moldable to retain the contour of the users foot...
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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...
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6746027 |
Adjustable skate having a bladder
An adjustable skate includes a boot, a liner, and a bladder. The boot includes an upper and a sole, the upper having a toe cap and a heel portion. The liner is mounted in the boot and includes a...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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6609314 |
Mechanical interior shoe adjustment
In a shoe, an apparatus for the support of a foot, comprising a semi rigid piece of metal or plastic extending from the heel to the ball of the foot, disposed over the inner sole of the shoe, and a...
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6601321 |
Devices for suspending a foot within a shoe, and shoes incorporating such devices
An improved sole construction for use in shoes. The sole construction consists of a hammock-like lattice formed of medium to high modulus polymers, or a lightweight metal alloy. The lattice...
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6543158 |
Footwear insole insert
An insole insert for application into a shoe, and which is formed as a laminar material of various layers of paper, polymer, stranded thermoplastic or thermosetting material, foams of select...
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6519875 |
Driving and walking shoe
A driving shoe that is also comfortable for walking includes extensive cushioning in the shoe's heel regions and sides and a line of substantially constant curvature in the heel region extending to...
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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...
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6467192 |
Method and apparatus for functionally covering footwear of various sizes and shapes
A method and apparatus for functionally covering footwear of various sizes and shapes is provided. In one embodiment an overshoe, having an upper portion with an inside portion and a heel portion...
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6314663 |
Shoe cushioning system
A shock-absorbing athletic shoe system for cushioning impact forces includes an athletic shoe having a flexible impervious bladder positioned within the sole of the shoe. An external fluid-holding...
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6305102 |
Pneumatic inflating device
A bellows pneumatic system including a pneumatic inflating device (12) disposed within the sole of a shoe (100) which is comprised of a plurality of bladders or bladder sets within the sole of the...
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6233845 |
Skate with improved comfort
A skate with improved comfort, comprising a frame for supporting two or more wheels, with which a shoe is associated. The shoe has openings which are connected to the outside or to a...
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6219942 |
Method for the production of footwear and the footwear produced according to this method
An article of footwear comprises a shoe in which the upper and base define a first total internal volume; molding of a standard inner sole made of a material which may be plastically thermoformed...
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6195917 |
Footwear insole insert
An insole insert for application into a shoe, and which is formed as a laminar material of various layers of paper, polymer, stranded thermoplastic or thermosetting material, foams of select...
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6128837 |
Three dimensional shoe vamp air cushion
A three dimensional shoe vamp air cushion having an upper sheet and a lower sheet, with all peripheral edges sealed to form a hollow interior. An upper area of the air cushion is larger than the...
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6105280 |
Shell for sports shoes
A shell for sports shoes, particularly for Telemark skiing, which comprises a sole and a lateral surface which surrounds the foot of the user. A frame is rigidly coupled internally to the shell and...
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6098315 |
Self molding insole insert
An insert for a shoe comprises a pouch having a moldable, thixotropic material and a shell having a catalyst. The shell is capable of being ruptured by massaging the pouch to allow the catalyst to...
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6050003 |
Boot with outside preformed stress relief
A boot comprising: (a) a sole; and (b) a shell attached to the sole, the shell having: (i) a lower portion secured to the sole for enclosing a user's foot below the lower ankle, (ii) an upper...
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6042759 |
Method of making molded orthotics
A method of making functional orthotics from a multiplicity of uniquely designed injection molds which have been constructed by studying large numbers of replicas produced from uncorrected replicas...
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6041524 |
Footwear having recessed heel cup
Footwear including a sole having a front and a back for supporting a bottom of a foot. A heel cup at the back of the sole receives and supports a heel of the foot. The heel cup has a bottom for...
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6026595 |
Method of making form fitted products
A new method of making custom fitted products and products made by such a method for improving the fit and comfort of such products. The invention includes incorporating a hollow, sealed envelope...
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6014823 |
Inflatable sole lining for shoes and boots
There is disclosed an inflatable lining for selected inner surfaces of footwear, such as a shoe, boot or sandal. The inflatable lining is formed of first and second plastic sheets having the shape...
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6012236 |
Innerboot particularly for sports shoes
An innerboot, particularly for sports shoes, made of thermoformable material, includes, at its inner lateral surface, one or more channels advantageously connected to the outside through one or...
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5987779 |
Athletic shoe having inflatable bladder
An athletic shoe is described, provided with an inflatable tongue or bladder for a more secure fit to the user's foot. The bladder may include a plurality of chambers with a valve disposed...
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5985383 |
Conforming shoe construction and gel compositions therefor
The invention provides a conforming medium containing gels for customized fitting components, such as those used in a shoe. The invention further includes environmentally-responsive gels that are...
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5958546 |
Custom insoles
A method for producing a custom insole for a foot of a user, the method including the steps of providing a preformed insole precursor, the precursor being constructed of a solid material which is...
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5955159 |
Conforming shoe construction using gels and method of making the same
A shoe that conforms to foot contours and provides cushioning is comprised of a shoe sole and a shoe upper attached to the shoe sole. The shoe upper is comprised of an outer layer, an inner layer...
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5924218 |
Internal liner for a boot
A comfort liner provided with a wedging element made of foam having thermoplastic qualities rendering it capable of being adjusted and/or adapted, after being heated at its thermoforming...
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