Boots, shoes, and leggings inventions 11/05

20050257398 - Inner sole savers: Sole Savers, shoe inserts, provide a sanitary rather than therapeutic use which makes them inexpensive and unique in the area of shoe inserts. They are composed of a soft cotton or similar material with a soft and pliable underside for maximum comfort. The insert can easily be cut to size...

20050257399 - Sandal having a variety of lacing styles: A sandal comprising a sole having a plurality of lace holes, grooves, and rings used for arranging at least one lace in a variety of styles when securing the sandal to the foot of the wearer. In other embodiments, the lace can be illuminated and the sole can have multiple...

20050257400 - Navigating a resource browser session: A resource browser session navigator includes a navigation manager module and a resource page manager module. The navigation manager module detects navigation events indicating visits to a resource pages. The resource page manager module populates a visit data structure representing the visits to the resource page and references in the...

20050257401 - Insole: The invention relates to a insole for footwear in the form of a sole insert with at least one hindfoot part and a midfoot part and with a support for the medial longitudinal arch, wherein a first rise is provided in the region of an insert outer border of the...

20050257402 - Tennis shoes: Tennis shoes, comprising soles (5) having bases (7) and a large number of horizontal reinforcement crests (9), the horizontal reinforcement crests (9) further comprising ground-contact surfaces (11), toe side wall surfaces (13), and heel side wall surfaces (15), wherein the cross sectional shape of the horizontal reinforcement crests (9) is...

20050257403 - Magnetically operable studs for footwear: The invention relates to a releasable stud for a shoe sole. The releasable stud includes a stud body and a first fastening mechanism coupled to the stud body. The first fastening mechanism is magnetically operable and interacts with a second fastening mechanism of the shoe sole. In another aspect, the...

20050257404 - Protective covering for footwear: A safety device for manual labor activities in the form of a protective footwear and lower leg covering protects the shoes and lower trousers or legs of a wearer while painting or using a mower, string trimmer, chain saw, or other equipment which may discharge objects at high speed, as...

20050257405 - Footwear with longitudinally split midsole for dynamic fit adjustment: An article of footwear is constructed to dynamically provide width adjustment by cooperative expansion and contraction of a longitudinal split midsole with an expansion element integrated with an outsole that allows the midsole to expand from a narrow width to a wider width. The upper of the shoe has a...

20050252035 - Waterproof and breathable sole for shoes: A waterproof and breathable sole for shoes, having a structure that includes a mid-sole component with a membrane made of a material that is impermeable to water and permeable to water vapor and connected in spots with a lower protective layer made of a material that is resistant to hydrolysis,...

20050252036 - Convertible sandal: A convertible sandal comprises first and second connectors provided in or on a vamp of the sandal along respective medial and lateral sides of the vamp adjacent a rear margin of the vamp. The sandal may further include first and second holders located along the respective medial and lateral sides...

20050252037 - Damping element for a shoe: A damping element for a shoe, especially for a sports shoe, having at least one first element which extends essentially in a load direction over a pre-determined height in the unloaded state of the damping element, and is embodied as a hollow body defining a receiving area in which an...

20050252038 - Outsole: An outsole (1, 3), in particular, for athletic shoes (2) can be realized with a significant elastic deformability in the tangential direction so as to also achieve a superior shock-absorption when the foot contacts the ground obliquely and with a slight propulsive force. According to the invention, the sole (1)...

20050252039 - Method for providing an insole for footwear for increased sensory stimulation and an insole suited for the method: A method for providing an insole and an insole for footwear for increased sensory stimulation of a foot in the footwear. The method comprises preselecting positions on the foot with nerves at these positions to be stimulated and providing means for stimulating elevation of said insole at said preselected positions...

20050252040 - Work boot with anatomical tongue: A work boot has an anatomatical tongue that is asymmetrical about a longitudinal centre line of the tongue. The tongue contains memory foam and shapes itself to a particular user. The memory foam causes the tongue to retain its shape. The side walls of the boot have J-bars extending inward...

20050252041 - Uni-sex multi-sport footwear accessory: The uni-sex multi-sport footwear accessory is a flexible accessory shaped as an ankle band for use as an indicia-displaying device, and, includes an upper band adapted to encircle a wearer's lower leg, side straps depending from the upper band, a middle section adapted to encircle a wearer's ankle and a...

20050252042 - Method and apparatus for removable shoe weights: Removable shoe weights applicable for use with any laced shoe to provide increased resistance wherein the user can increase muscle toning and caloric expenditure. The invention more particularly relates to an aesthetically pleasing, removable shoe weight having a flexible weighted mass secured by at least three attachment points to shoe...

20050252043 - Disposable, one-piece, self-adhesive, all-surface, sport, game, play, work, cushioning, safety \"red e\" cleat: A “RED e” cleat is a disposable, one-piece, self-adhesive, all-surface footwear cleat having four primary components: a non-skid gripping surface, designed to address all sport, game, play and work foot-traction requirements, along with advertising needs, a color or reflective enhancement for safety, a cushioning layer which enhances foot comfort, as...

20050252044 - Variable color sneaker logo and trimmings: This invention pertains to the fabrication of a color changing material that when placed on a pair of sneakers can provide a number of different color options for the consumer. The color of this material can be controlled by means of push pumps discretely located on the upper portion of...

20050246921 - Reusable shoe shield equipped with a zipper with a back pocket and seasoned grooves: A reusable, elastic shoe shield for protecting formal shoes from being stained by contaminants such as dirt, grass and mud is provided. The shoe shield is made of flexible, resilient and elastic material. The shoe shield has an upper portion and a sole portion. A zipper with a back pocket...

20050246922 - Footwear item comprising built-in dynamic element: The invention relates to a shoe or footwear item comprising a sole consisted of an outer face which is intended to come into contact with the ground and an inner face which is intended to come into contact with the foot of the user. According to the invention, the sole...

20050246923 - Sports shoe, particularly for motorcycling: A sports shoe, particularly for motorcycling, comprising an upper with which a sole is associated; at least one receptacle is formed in the sole at least at the outer region of the plantar surface of the foot. One or more outsoles can be accommodated detachably within the at least one...

20050246924 - Conditioning shoe and method of use: An conditioning article of footwear for heat to toe exercise, strength training, or physical therapy having a foot support platform with either straps or an upper shoe portion or the like to engage the foot, a sole having front and rear ends corresponding with the toes and heel of the...

20050241179 - Shoe with breathable shell: A shoe has a shell including a front part, a rear part, and two opposite intermediate parts extending between the front and rear parts. The shell has a flexible corrugated portion which includes a plurality of crests and valleys that extend along a direction transverse to a line parallel to...

20050241181 - Inner sole assembly for slipper or sandal: An inner sole assembly for slippers or sandals includes a slipper or sandal made up of a sole, a retaining strap, a coupling pad, and an insole wherein the sole has a plurality of assembly holes properly preset at the top surface thereon for the retaining strap led through the...

20050241180 - Sole for shoes including transpiration side valves formed by moulding: A sole for shoe of elastic material is provided with valves placed at its sides for discharging inner air, each said valve consisting of a through channel (4) formed in the thickness of the sole and not involving the tread of the sole, which channel (4) connects the interior of...

20050241182 - Shoe with slip-resistant, shape-retaining fabric outsole: An outsole for a shoe, especially a house slipper, has an outer layer constituted of a fabric material, and a backing layer constituted of a shape-retaining, moldable material. The fabric layer and the backing layer are molded integrally together to provide the outsole with increased slip resistance, quieter usage and...

20050241183 - Shoe sole structures: Footwear, particularly athletic shoes, that has a sole structure copying support, stability and cushioning structures of the human foot. Still more particularly, this invention relates to the use of the shoe upper portion to envelop one or more portions of the shoe midsole in combination with portions of the shoe...

20050241184 - Shock resistant shoe: A sole assembly for a shock resistant shoe includes a sole having a heel region and a ball region. A first cone spring, disposed within the sole, includes a large diameter terminal end and an opposing small diameter terminal end. The large diameter terminal end is disposed above the small...

20050241185 - Shoe insert: A shoe insert including a bladder positioned within a main body. The bladder includes a fluid tight membrane defining an interior chamber containing a liquid. The bladder further includes a heel portion in fluid communication with lateral and medial passages, which are in turn in fluid communication with a metatarsal...

20050241186 - Thermoplastic printed film innersole for shoes: The present invention relates generally to a printed film innersole (PFI) and a process for making the same. The present invention provides to a PFI and a process for the construction of an innersole for post-insertion into a shoe that can have significant design details added to the bottom surfaces....

20050241187 - Sole-mounted footwear stability system: The present invention is an article of footwear having a stabilizing element incorporated into a sole structure. The stabilizing element is located primarily in the midfoot region of the footwear but extends into both the forefoot and heel regions. In one embodiment, the stabilizing element includes five stabilizing members that...

20050241188 - Canine footwear: A dog shoe that is configured to be worn by a dog comprises a rubberized sole sized for a foot of a dog. The rubberized sole has an exterior portion and an upper portion opposite the exterior portion. The rubberized sole further includes a heel portion and a toe portion....

20050241189 - Sports boot: A sports boot comprising an outer shell and an inner boot, with at least one opening in the outer shell and at least one projection on the inner boot assigned to each opening, where the opening(s) and the projection(s) serve to produce a positive fit connection between the inner boot...