Boots, shoes, and leggings inventions 02/06

20060037214 - Disposable adhesive slippers: A foot protection assembly is provided for protecting a foot from an underlying surface. The foot protection assembly includes a release layer and a sheet member. The sheet member has a first surface at least partially covered with an adhesive backing releasably contacting the release layer. The sheet member includes...

20060037215 - Apparatus for tightening top of foot in leisure sports boot fixing heel to sole: Disclosed is an apparatus for tightening a top of a foot in a leisure sports boot having a sole forming the bottom of the boot; a boot upper rim forming the top end of the boot and having a U-shaped front surface; a boot upper being extended between the sole...

20060037216 - Boot for a skate: A boot for a skate has a shoe frame and a shoe sheath. The shoe frame has a heel shank and an insole. The shoe sheath is mounted on the shoe frame and has a sidewall, an internal soft pad and a leather upper cover. The sidewall has an internal...

20060037217 - Side entry footwear and methods of making: Footwear and methods of making footwear including an upper disconnected from the sole on at least a portion of one lateral side of the sole to enable a foot to enter the footwear laterally through a side gap, wherein the footwear is made by molding the footwear in a mold...

20060032082 - Air-ventilating insole: An air-ventilating insole comprises an upper insole; a center of the upper insole being formed with a receiving groove; a heel portion of the upper insole being formed with a plurality of air inlets and a front thenar portion of the upper insole being formed with a plurality of air...

20060032083 - Shoe with ventilating opening: The present invention relates to a shoe with a ventilating opening. The shoe includes an upper part having a through hole and an inner part with a path hole, and a shoe sole mounted to the upper part and having both an air passage and an air channel communicating with...

20060032084 - Shoe cover: A shoe cover for a shoe, the shoe cover comprising a lower periphery having a strip of projections and a slider with a tab. A first edge extends from one end of the lower periphery has a strip of projections and a slider with a tab. A second edge extends...

20060032085 - Tap dance shoe and method of teaching tap dance: An improved tap dance shoe for teaching tap dancing or for use to enhance a tap dance performance. The improved tap dance shoe has at least one heel light and one toe light in communication with a battery disposed inside the shoe and, respectively, with pressure actuated switches disposed at...

20060032086 - Shoe sole with rounded inner and outer surfaces: An athletic shoe sole for a shoe has side portions with concavely rounded inner and outer surfaces, as viewed in at least a heel area and a midtarsal area of the sole. The concavely rounded portion of the sole outer surface located at the heel area extends substantially continuously through...

20060032088 - Ball and socket 3d cushioning system: The invention relates to a sliding element for a shoe sole. The sliding element includes an upper sliding surface and a lower sliding surface, wherein the lower sliding surface is arranged below the upper sliding surface so as to be slideable in at least two directions. The upper sliding surface...

20060032087 - Stable footwear that accommodates shear forces: A shoe sole is described that provides both cushioning and stability. The sole has a plurality of layers, including a transition layer which allows relative motion between the layers adjacent to the transition layer. The relative motion between the layers of the sole reduces the impact of horizontal shear stresses...

20060032089 - Cushion device for shoes: A cushion device for shoes includes a first bladder and a second bladder with a hose connected in communication therebetween. A compressible unit is received in the second bladder and has an outgoing hose extending therefrom. The outgoing hose is connected to an inlet of the first bladder. An inlet...

20060032090 - 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 portion. The adjustment pad includes an intermediate part, first and second ends...

20060032091 - Article of footwear with upper support assembly: An article of footwear includes a sole assembly and an upper secured to the sole assembly. A heel counter is secured to the sole assembly. The heel counter includes an inner portion and an outer portion secured to the inner portion. A portion of the upper is captured between the...

20060032092 - Sports shoe: There is described a sports shoe, especially a golf shoe, having a sole on which downwardly projecting ground-engaging elements are mounted or can be mounted. It is provided according to the invention that the ground-engaging elements (9), or the means (10) provided for mounting them, are guided and held to...

20060032093 - Orthopedic shoe: An orthopedic shoe of the type suitable to correct supinate talipes equinovarus, constituted by an upper and a base and substantially shaped like a boot, its particularity consisting in that proximate to one of its portions, arranged at the ankle, it is inclined at a predefined angle with respect to...

20060026862 - Article of footwear and associated of manufacture: A method for manufacturing an article of footwear utilizes an insole body. A mask is attached to a lower surface of the insole body so as to cover a substantial portion of the lower surface. A coating is applied to the insole body with the mask attached thereto to cover...

20060026861 - Shoe system: A sole has a top surface, a bottom surface and a generally vertical peripheral side wall between the top and bottom surfaces. A plurality of rings is coupled to side wall. A strap has opposed ends. The opposed ends are threaded through the rings for securing a wearer's foot to...

20060026863 - Shoe shole and method for making the same: A shoe sole is composed of particles of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate and the particles are connected with each other with gaps defined between the particles so as to form irregular surface of the shoe sole. The sole is made by filling the particles to 77% to 87% of volume of...

20060026864 - Ultra-thin liquid-filled insole interface: An ultra-thin liquid-filled insole interface for use in footwear is provided. The ultra-thin liquid-filled insole interface can be removable or fixed to an article of footwear, especially to protect against friction or shear forces....

20060026865 - Insole: A removable full length insole for insertion into open style footwear, includes a forefoot portion, a heel portion and a mid-foot portion connecting together the forefoot portion and the heel portion; a uniform thickness cushioning layer of a resilient material extending through the forefoot portion, heel portion and mid-foot portion;...

20060026867 - Cushioned insole: A cushioned insole includes a top cushion, a Texon brand or similar insole support layer, and a cushion insert that establishes a cushioned insole forepart through its entire thickness. The cushioning is established with the cushion insert positioned through an open forepart of the Texon. The cushion insert may either...

20060026866 - Heel insert: A removable insole for insertion into footwear, includes a forefoot portion, a heel portion, and an arch portion connecting together the forefoot and heel portions. At least one of the forefoot portion, heel portion and arch portion is formed by a lower layer of a resilient material which provides a...

20060026868 - Ball of foot shoe inserts: A removable ball of the foot insert for placement into footwear at a position in correspondence with a forefoot portion of the footwear includes a substantially planar member made from a viscoelastic gel, the planar member including a lower surface and an upper surface, and a plurality of spring walls...

20060026869 - Smart shoe: The present invention provides a children shoe that enables children to put shoes on the right feet by matching up the shoe big toe to big toe or heel to heel before putting on the shoe. The smart shoe essentially comprises an engaging portion on the outside of shoe with...

20060021251 - 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 chamber in contact with an elastomeric midsole or as a single chamber by a sealing a void in elastomeric material....

20060021252 - Insole, and footwear system incorporating same: An insole includes a heel collar formed by a relatively hard bottom member and a softer top member, the heel collar underlying the heel and arch region and having a channel in its upper surface. A forefoot pad has a forward portion that underlies the forefoot and a rear portion...

20060021253 - Footwear outsole including star shapes: A footwear outsole includes a base portion defining a tread attachment surface, and a plurality of tread members. The tread members are coupled to the tread attachment surface and protrude away from the tread attachment surface to define a tread member height. Each tread member includes a plurality of pointed...

20060021254 - Footwear with retractable studs: Footwear having retractable studs that provide enhanced traction on slippery surfaces when engaged. A pull cord attached to a plate within the sole of the shoe allows the studs to engage. The working parts of the shoe can be easily taken apart for cleaning or de-icing. An alternative embodiment of...

20060021255 - Cleated article of footwear and method of manufacture: A cleated article of footwear includes a chassis assembly having a sole plate having a plurality of bosses extending from a lower surface thereof. A heel counter extends upwardly from a heel portion of the sole plate. An outer assembly is secured to the chassis assembly and includes a sole...

20060021256 - Integrated flexible metatarsal guard with extended toe cap: A unitary flexible metatarsal guard is disclosed which extends to cover a toe protector in a safety shoe or boot. The metatarsal guard of the present invention acts to transfer and disperse impact forces from the region of impact to a broader region, including the metatarsal and toe regions, thereby...

20060021257 - Flexible puncture resistant sole: A puncture or cut resistant protective sole for footwear made of woven fiber plies and flexible bonding agent disposed between adjacent woven fiber plies to define an alternating layered composite, wherein the flexible bonding agent penetrates into voids of each woven fiber ply and bonds fibers of each woven fiber...

20060021258 - Item of footwear, particularyly an item of sports footwear: The invention relates to an item of footwear, particularly an item of sports footwear, e.g. ski boot, cross-country ski boot, hiking footwear or the like. The leg (5) of the item of footwear is made of a textile material and is joined, preferably adhered, to a preformed, for example, extruded...

20060021259 - Cleated article of footwear: This application is directed towards an article of footwear for deeply and quickly penetrating a turf surface, such as a soccer, rugby or football shoe. The article of footwear includes a cleat having fluted sides, which creates a channel for moving turf materials in a direction different from the direction...

20060021260 - Sole for bowling shoes: The present invention discloses a sole for bowling shoes in which a slip plate is detachably attached at the front portion of a bottom face thereof and a heel part is detachably attached at the back portion of the bottom face thereof, the sole for bowling shoes comprising: a fixing...

20060021261 - Footwear incorporating piezoelectric energy harvesting system: An article of footwear having a piezoelectric energy harvesting apparatus in the sole member. Walking or running applies a first force deforming a piezoelectric actuator, thereby generating electrical energy. An energy storage circuit stores electrical energy generated by the piezoelectric actuator for later application to electrical devices....

20060021262 - Full suspension footwear: A method and apparatus for enhancing the ability of a human to run and jump with comfort comparable to running barefoot on a trampoline and with control comparable to that of the unaided human form, yet with freedom from ankle-turning roll moments associated with substantial ground contact member (GCM) extension...