Boots, shoes, and leggings inventions 07/06

20060162183 - Waterproof and breathable sole for shoes, and shoe manufactured with such sole: A waterproof and breathable sole for shoes, having a structure including a supporting layer which, at least in a preset macroportion, is made of net, felt or other diffusely perforated material. A membrane made of a material that is impermeable to water and permeable to water vapor is associated above...

20060162184 - Angled heel/shoes/low-friction coalescent dance shoes: A heel for a shoe includes a first relatively flat surface for contacting the ground when one is walking while wearing a shoe having the heel and a second relatively flat surface for contacting the ground when one is dancing and wearing a shoe having the heel. A pair of...

20060162185 - Shoe providing vertical/horizontal heel pressure diminishment: The modified oxford shoe (10) providing vertical and horizontal heel pressure diminishment including an optional means of adjusting pronation is an inventive device which diminishes pressures to the heel with a floating collar and supple counter assembly with adjusting strap, with spacing studs attached strategically to the sides of the...

20060162186 - Shoe having an inflatable bladder: An article of footwear including a sole and an upper with an exterior and interior surface, and a bladder which comprises at least one of the exterior or interior surfaces. The bladder comprising sheets of polyurethane attached together via welding. The bladder includes a medial compartment and a lateral compartment...

20060162187 - Reduced skin abrasion shoe: The present invention relates to a reduced abrasion shoe. The reduced abrasion shoe comprises strategically removing seams from the interior cavity of the shoe. In particular, the tongue traversing the throat is attached to the exterior surface of the upper about the toe box. A full liner between the upper...

20060162188 - Shoe sole provided with retractable anti-slipping means: A sole (6) for anti-slipping shoes of the type including foldaway anti-slipping elements (12) arranged in the face of the sole that will come in touch with the ground, characterized in that the anti-slipping elements to increase the adherence to the ground are secured to rigid or semirigid supporting members...

20060162189 - Studded footwear: Some studded footwear, such as sports shoes, require studs (6) to be specifically oriented relative to the shoe sole (1). The studs (6) may be specifically oriented in the receptacles (5), and thus the receptacles need to be oriented relative to the sole of the shoe (1). Means are provided...

20060162191 - Footwear with an adjusting system of a width dimension: A footwear has a sole comprising at least a resilient component having a peripheral profile, with a medial part and a lateral part which define therebetween a width dimension. To the resilient component an adjusting system is associated, operable in order to select a desired adjusting degree of the width...

20060162190 - Sports shoes having upper part with improved fitting property: The present invention relates to the upper U of an athletic shoe comprising a first opening 1 out of which the foot sticks upwards during wearing and a second opening 2 which is closed with a tongue. The two openings 1, 2 are continuous with each other, and the upper...

20060162192 - Two-layer sports boot part with deformation zone: A sports boot comprising a part comprising at least two superposed layers of plastics and comprising an opening that can be closed by catching means distributed on either side of this opening, wherein one of the two layers has one or more recesses lying on an axis in order to...

20060162193 - Footwear with banding device: The banding device for application to a segment of footwear, whether it be to the heel, sole, around the vamp portion of the shoe, in any combination thereof, which due to its elasticity allows for its stretching into position to be secured either as an endless or continuous loop, or...

20060162194 - Manual switch-off device of a permanent magnet switch operating mechanism: The present invention relates to a device that allows an output shaft to perform axial motion and automatic locking, in particular, a manual switch-off device for a permanent magnet switch operating mechanism. A large shoe plate and a small shoe plate are fixed onto a base plate. A transmission shaft...

20060156575 - Inflatable shoe sole: A shoe sole includes a chamber which is inflated by a pumping device via a connection tube. The connection tube includes a first valve to prevent air from flowing back into the pumping device and an inlet tube extends from the pumping device to introduce air from outside into the...

20060156576 - Pocket slipper: A foot covering in the form of a pocket or lodge slipper that allows outer footwear, e.g., shoes or boots to be removed and, with the covering in place, the conventional sock and/or foot will be protected from dirt, moisture, and other elements of nature such as thorns, rocks, splinters,...

20060156577 - Crampons provided with spikes: Disclosed are chain-type crampons for preventing mountain-climbing boots from being slipped on a snowy road or icy road when climbing a mountain. The crampons having an elastic band and chains mounted on the band are provided with a plurality of spikes and link rings, so that a brake power on...

20060156578 - Slipper having shape memory: A slipper has an upper portion. The upper portion is flexible. A lower portion is connected to the upper portion. The upper portion and the lower portion include ribbed formations. The upper portion and the lower portion are made of a material having shape memory....

20060156579 - Article of footwear with a perforated midsole: An article of footwear is disclosed that includes an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure includes a midsole element, an upper sheet, and a lower sheet. The midsole element has an upper surface and an opposite lower surface. In addition, the midsole element defines...

20060156580 - Sole construction for energy storage and rebound: A sole construction for supporting at least a portion of a human foot and for providing energy storage and return is provided. The sole construction includes a generally horizontal layer of stretchable material, at least one chamber positioned adjacent a first side of the layer, and at least one actuator...

20060156581 - Footwear with enhanced impact protection: Footwear providing enhanced protection against extreme landing impacts includes a sole having an elastomeric mid-sole with elastomeric pads combined in a heel recess thereof such that the pads act in series with each other and in parallel with the mid-sole during conjoint compression thereof. At least one of the pads...

20060156582 - Insole: An insole includes a first layer made of a first slice foam material formed by a foamable polyurethane resin composition. A second layer is made of a second slice foam material formed by bonding together particles of comminuted previously formed foam material with a foamable polyurethane resin composition. The second...

20060156583 - Pedicure shoe insert: A pedicure shoe insert includes a top layer of textured file paper that furnishes the wearer with an exfoliating pedicure and a lower layer of a cushion material that provides support and comfort to the wearer....

20060156584 - Automated tightening shoe: An automated tightening shoe where a tightening mechanism is actuated which operates in one direction to cause automatic tightening of the shoe about a wearer's foot and which releases to allow loosening of the shoe. Shoe laces are led to the interior of the tightening mechanism in the heel whereat...

20060156585 - Anti-slipping and shock-absorbing element for shoe soles and shoe sole incorporating such element: The invention refers to an element (2) in the form of a stud (1) incorporating anti-slipping and shock-absorbing means, which is foreseen as generally cylindrical hollow body with a predetermined wall thickness, selected to be compressed under the weight of the user, and with an outer part (3) with an...

20060156586 - Shoe strap and method of employment: A shoe support and ornamentation system that allows a wearer to customize the look of a shoe. The system may include material having a first end and a second end and having a sufficient length to enwrap a portion of a sole of a shoe proximate its heel and a...

20060156587 - Modular shoe: A modular shoe separates into components. The components may be interchangeable to provide versatility without requiring a large number of single use shoes. Each shoe component may also be collapsible to provide for convenient packing in a travel bag or other location where space is limited....

20060156588 - Footwear: Athletic footwear is equipped with a device for detecting absence of movement of the wearer's foot for a period of time and a device responsive to the detecting device for alerting the wearer of such absence of movement. In a preferred embodiment, the detecting device comprises a device in the...

20060150440 - Footwear item and method of making the same: A footwear item includes an upper and a lap element. The lap element is formed of a moldable resilient plastic material with a predetermined shape and forms the sole or insole of the footwear item. The lap element includes opposing surfaces defining a channel for receiving the periphery of the...

20060150441 - Interchangeable shoe components: A multipurpose shoe comprising a base member and a plurality of interchangeable heels engageable with the base member. There is a first means which has a first portion engageable with the plurality of interchangeable heels and a second portion engageable with a portion of the base member for securing the...

20060150442 - Article of cleated footwear having medial and lateral sides with differing properties: An article of footwear includes a sole having a different performing lateral and medial regions. Ground engaging members, such as cleats, provide traction and one of the regions, preferably the lateral region, includes a stability member extending from the sole and spanning between a pair of adjacent ground engaging members...

20060143941 - Foot pain-relieving articles and method thereof: Articles that provide foot pain-relief for wearers of shoes and methods are disclosed. Foot pain relief by cooling or heating of footwear is provided by footwear comprising a length of tubing coupled to and along at least a portion of the shoe insole and an aperture for the release of...

20060143943 - Footwear with ventilating and shock-absorbing device: Disclosed is footwear including a ventilation and shock-absorbing device having an air pump and a check valve for passing air supplied by the air pump. The footwear includes an air chamber provided at a front of the check valve for storing the air supplied through an inlet passage connected to...

20060143942 - Shoe with improved ventilation: The invention relates to a sole that includes a bottom surface, a top surface, and a shaft extending upwardly from the top surface. The shaft further includes an upper surface and an elongated hole extending from the upper surface to the bottom surface through the sole and shaft....

20060143944 - Surfing footwear with leash anchor: An article of footwear specifically designed for surfing has an ergonomic forefoot construction that completely envelops the toes. A thin rubber outsole wraps from underneath the forefoot construction onto both the lateral and medial sides. A molded protruding edge is present on the lateral portion of the outsole to create...

20060143945 - Article of manufacture for ballet shoes and shanks: An article of manufacture for ballet shoes and shank, with a shank for a ballet shoe, with improved durability, that is formed of flexible thermoplastic material and is adapted to be located in the sole of the ballet shoe between an inner liner and an outer sole. The flexibility and...

20060143946 - 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...

20060143947 - Shoe sole and method: An outsole (1) for a shoe has a backing member (4) of thermoplastic rubber and on an area of the exterior surface of that backing member an intermediate layer (12) of thermoplastic polyurethane and an outermost layer of fabric (10), the area comprising at least 51 percent of the contact...

20060143948 - Socks and footwear for preventing sole from slipping: A combination of socks and shoes for preventing slip of a wear's sole. The sock includes a slip-resistant plate at a lower surface of the sock, the slip-resistant plate provided with a protruded portion continuously or discretely formed in a horizontal or lengthwise direction on a lower surface of the...

20060143949 - Shoelace lockdown system: The present invention is a shoe having a lace lockdown system. In particular, the shoe comprises a sole attached to an upper. A lace threaded about the upper has a pull tab with a first piece of hook and loop material attached to the lace. A corresponding second piece of...

20060143950 - Injection molded phylon midsole: Disclosed is an injection molded Phylon (foam ethylene vinyl acetate) midsole having distinguished advantages, such as increased productivity, improved quality, decreased manufacturing cost, reduced fraction defective, reduced weight or the like, in relation to a conventional injection molded Phylon midsole. The injection molded Phylon midsole is manufactured by an upper...

20060143951 - Shoe with changeable upper design: A shoe with changeable upper design includes a shoe body having a sole and an upper connected to the sole. The upper has an outer surface provided with at least one decorative portion which includes an indented surface and a first pattern provided on the indented surface. At least one...