Boots, shoes, and leggings inventions 04/06

20060086002 - Wearable reusable shoe covers: A wearable, removable foot cover for covering a workman's boot or shoe, the foot cover comprising a liquid impermeable top cover, made as a continuous piece, the top cover having: (1) a top part, the top part covering a boot or shoe, the top part having sufficient height to cover...

20060086003 - Shoe sole with air cushion: A shoe sole air cushion includes a hollow main body defining an air chamber. The main body includes bottom and top walls, and a peripheral wall connected between the bottom and top walls. The bottom wall includes a plurality of lower pins projecting upwardly from an inner surface of the...

20060086004 - Molded foot support: There is provided a foot support conforming to a user's foot. The foot support includes a supportive member defining a front portion, a rear portion and an arch portion for engagement against the foot plantar arch. The rear portion has a concave periphery formed for partial resting abutment of the...

20060086005 - High heel shoe insert: The ‘High Hell Shoe Insert’ is to be used in conjunction with women's high heel shoes. The Insert sits under the ball of the foot, behind the toes, and in front of the arch of the foot. It is made of a clear, silicone gelatinous material. Silicone provides comfort and...

20060086006 - Suspension ski boot: This invention in the broadest sense comprises a ski boot, freely pivoting at the ankle, in combination with an adjustable suspension shock absorber to control and optimize compression and rebound damping characteristics. In the preferred embodiment, the ski boot would comprise a rigid, pivoting exoskeleton (providing the lateral stiffness and...

20060086007 - Novelty footwear and method of using same: A novelty footwear item includes an upper, a lower and an opener for protecting the foot of a user and for facilitating unsealing a sealed container with the footwear item....

20060080861 - Safety crampon with generality put on: Disclosed is a safety crampon with generality put on, which encircles front/rear/left/right sides of shoes around a spike pad to elastically press and grip them so that the crampon is not come off from the shoes, thereby ensuring safety. Also, the safety crampon has excellent wearing feeling and walking owing...

20060080862 - Foot guided shoe sole and footbed: A footwear sole structure for dynamically directing interacting forces between a user's foot and the footwear during a stride, including an inner sole located adjacent the user's foot, a mid-sole located between the inner sole and the footwear, and a rib ribbon force transfer structure located between the inner sole...

20060080863 - Composite shoe sole: A composite shoe sole, composed of an upper layer and a lower layer, wherein the upper layer is integrally formed of a soft material and the lower layer is integrally formed of a hard material, the lower layer being formed with a notch at a location corresponding to a right...

20060080864 - 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 leg of the wearer. A leg support member is attached to an inner...

20060080865 - Bicycle shoe having protective device: A bicycle shoe includes a shoe sole, a coupler member attached to bottom of the shoe sole, and a protective device attached to the coupling member, for contacting with ground, and for preventing the coupler member from being directly contacted with the ground, and for preventing the coupler member from...

20060080867 - Shoe heel with liquid received therein: A shoe includes an outsole with a strap or a vamp and a heel is connected to an underside of the outsole. A chamber is defined in the heel which is made by transparent material and liquid is received in the chamber. A space is defined above the liquid in...

20060080866 - Shoes with decorative outsole and/or heel: A shoe includes an outsole with a vamp or a strap connected to a top thereof and a heel is connected to an underside of the outsole. A chamber is defined in the heel so as to receive a decorative piece therein. The outsole has recesses defined therein and decorative...

20060080868 - Call display and vibration-sensed light emitting shoe heel: A call display and vibration-sensed light emitting shoe heel comprises: a shoe body; a shoe heel having an opened receiving portion at a bottom of the heel. A vibration detecting circuit board with an light emitting diode (LED), a battery portion for supplying power to the circuit board, a frame...

20060080869 - Footwear orthotic with insert: A footwear orthotic is disclosed having a plurality of removable inserts. The removable inserts are preferably provided in the metatarsal region and/or in the heel region. The inserts are designed to gradually train the user's feet to become comfortably accustomed to orthotic support. Each insert preferably has a different profile...

20060075656 - Convertible sandal: An article of footwear to be used as a convertible sandal comprising a sole, a forefoot cover, and heel strap. The forefoot cover is securely attached to the sole and extends over the forefoot portion of the sole. The heel strap is linked to the sole and extends over the...

20060075658 - Footwear with enhanced cushioning: Footwear includes an insole of low density polyurethane and an integral border for attaching the insole to the upper and having an integral support surface for attaching a steel shank. The footwear includes the insole and two contiguous cushioning layers....

20060075657 - Shock-absorbing shoe structure having adjustable elasticity: A shock-absorbing shoe structure having adjustable elasticity is disclosed. The shoe structure includes a buffering mechanism having a bottom holding plate, a buffering module, and a top holding plate. The buffering module includes a base seat, an elastic tube body, an end mount, a connection element, a pivotal seat, a...

20060075659 - Lace system for footwear: A boot incorporating techniques for making the process of tightening and loosening the laces of a boot more convenient for the wearer is disclosed. The boot may be provided with at least two independent lacing zones, the tensions of which are separately adjustable by the wearer. The zones may be...

20060075660 - Lace system for footwear: A boot incorporating techniques for making the process of tightening and loosening the laces of a boot more convenient for the wearer is disclosed. The boot may be provided with at least two independent lacing zones, the tensions of which are separately adjustable by the wearer. The zones may be...

20060075661 - 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...

20060075662 - Shoe with interchangeable heel members: A shoe includes a sole member, at least one heel member, a front securing member, and optionally a forward tread member. Each heel member includes a column portion having a predetermined height and a blade portion having a predetermined slope. Each blade portion's slope corresponds to the respective column portion's...

20060075663 - Footwear upper with flexible collar assembly: A footwear upper having a collar assembly that is joined at its forward edge to the lower portion of the upper by a flexible region of material so that the collar may flex forward and rearward in relation to the lower portion of the upper. In one aspect of the...

20060075664 - Bicycle pedal assembly: A bicycle pedal assembly includes a pair of pedals and a pair of cleats. The cleats are configured and arranged to selectively cooperate with the right and left bicycle pedals such that two different release forces can be attained using a single pair of cleats. The pedal includes a body...

20060070260 - Method for design and manufacture of insoles: A method for the design and production of improved pressure reducing therapeutic shoe insoles for a person. The method includes the steps of measuring a three dimensional image of a foot and the distribution of plantar pressures applied by a person's foot being measured for a pressure reducing insole. Selecting...

20060070261 - Lace system for footwear: A boot incorporating techniques for making the process of tightening and loosening the laces of a boot more convenient for the wearer is disclosed. The boot may be provided with at least two independent lacing zones, the tensions of which are separately adjustable by the wearer. The zones may be...

20060070262 - Insert for preventing wrinkling of athletic shoes: The insert for preventing wrinkling of athletic shoes includes a toe cap having a contoured front wall curving rearwardly into an upper wall and curving on opposite sides into opposed side walls. The toe cap is made from a thermosetting or thermoplastic polymer and may be fiber reinforced. A layer...