Boots, shoes, and leggings inventions 08/06

20060191162 - Foot-support structures with additional shear support and products containing such support structures: Support elements for footwear or other products include: (a) a base member having first and second major surfaces; and (b) an extending arm having a free end for engaging a portion of a footwear structure. The extending arm may engage and further support a heel-supporting portion or other structural portion...

20060191163 - Footwear and related method of manufacture: A footwear construction including a midsole having medial and lateral flanges, and that defines a recess in the heel. An upper can be joined to the flanges along a lower peripheral allowance of the upper. The flanges can be separated into a medial forefoot flange segment and a medial heel...

20060191164 - Footwear tensioning system: A footwear includes an outer member, an inner lining, an instep member, and a lace. The outer member defines an outer surface of the footwear. The inner lining is positioned within the outer member. The instep member extends across an instep portion of the inner lining. The instep member can...

20060191165 - Footwear support system: A footwear base (320) and a structurally designed footwear bracing system (340) including a footwear base is provided. The footwear bracing system reduces the likelihood of ankle injuries when incorporated in a variety of footwear. The footwear bracing system permits the production of a very high structurally designed footwear base...

20060191166 - Ergonomic footwear and insole, and method of selecting same: The present invention provides individual solutions to workplace fatigue and stress by determining the specific support needed for each individual. Specifically, the present invention defines and utilizes an ergonomic interaction factor to enable selection of a proper fitting shoe. Such selection occurs in one embodiment by dividing a person's weight...

20060185191 - Article of footwear with plate dividing a support column: An article of footwear includes an upper, a midsole secured to the upper, and a support assembly secured to the midsole. The support assembly includes a top plate, a bottom plate, and a plurality of elastomeric support columns secured to the top plate and the bottom plate. The bottom plate...

20060185192 - Shoe: A shoe has a flap (7) articulated to the uppe, which flap may take a non-operation condition (I), in which the outer surface of the flap (7) is adjacent to the shoe upper (T). A protection element (9) has a strip (90) forming at least a first wing (90a) and...

20060185193 - Footwear with a lace fastening: Footwear with a lace fastening an opening with a first edge and a second edge. are juxtaposed and each carries a respective plurality of lacing eyes. At least two laces extend through respective pairs of the lacing eyes. The ends of both of the laces converge on both of the...

20060185194 - Footwear and other foot-receiving devices including a wrapped closure system: Foot-receiving devices, such as articles of footwear, include a foot-covering member and a foot-supporting member defining a foot-receiving chamber. One or more strap members may be provided for securing the device to a user's foot. At least one strap member may wrap at least one time around the top of...

20060185195 - Roll-up, compressible shoe: The present invention involves a shoe having a flexible sole portion, a toe restraining portion, and a heel restraining portion. The sole portion preferably contains a top layer and a bottom layer secured thereto. A cushioning layer can be included between the top layer and the bottom layer. The toe...

20060185196 - Massage shoes: The present invention provides a massage shoe, comprising a sole, a shoe body fixed on said sole, and a massage assembly; wherein a concave is formed on said sole for housing said massage assembly, said massage assembly having at least two massage bodies made from deformable materials, and wherein at...

20060185197 - Selectively damping plantar insole: A plantar insole has bearing areas (6, 7, 8, 9) of the main surface which are provided with a rigidity or hardness which are less with respect to other areas (10-13) of the main surface. These areas (6-9) are arranged under the major bearing areas of a foot, i.e. under...

20060179682 - Articles of footwear with complementary and/or interlocking sole structures: Footwear systems include: (a) a holding device having an opening; (b) an article of footwear having a sole with a projection that extends through the opening; and (c) another article of footwear having a sole with a cavity into which the projection extends (thereby sandwiching the holding device between the...

20060179683 - Insert for article of footwear and method for producing the insert: An insert for footwear which has improved durability and pliability and satisfies a thumb test of pliability when exposed along the sides of the footwear. The insert comprises a compressible core at least partially surrounded by a flexible casing. The flexible casing has an open window of a size which...

20060179684 - Outer sole: The present invention provides a footwear sole comprising a first layer adjacent to the inner sole formed of rubber; a second layer adjacent to the first layer formed of fabric, and a third layer adjacent to the second layer for engaging a walking surface formed of a non-slip material. The...

20060179685 - Lacing device for sports footwear: An article of footwear provided to receive the user's foot and including a lacing device, the lacing device including a lace, at least two guides provided to enable a lace to slide relative thereto within a lacing zone, and a blocker capable of blocking relative movement of the lace, the...

20060179686 - Skate boot: A skate boot for enclosing a human foot when in use, the foot having a heel, an ankle with a medial malleolus and a lateral malleolus, an Achilles tendon having an upper part and a lower part that projects outwardly with relation to the upper part, the lower part merging...

20060179687 - Ice skate boot: An ice skate boot comprising an outer shell made of thermoformable material. The outer shell is thermoformed such that it comprises a heel portion for receiving the heel of a foot, an ankle portion for receiving the ankle, medial and lateral side portions for facing the medial and lateral sides...

20060179688 - Detachable cleat system: The present invention relates to a sole made from a first material, at least one receptacle made from a second material, and at least one stud, which can be releasably mounted within the receptacle by inserting a fastening projection of the stud into the receptacle. The fastening projection includes a...

20060179689 - Economical accessory changer: A ladies accessory is provided which includes a Velcro® strip for attachment to an ornamental material including a complementing ornamental material. The look of the accessory can be changed by using different ornamental strips at a fraction of the cost of providing an entirely new shoe....

20060174512 - High-heeled jazz dancing and character dancing shoe: A high-heeled dancer's shoe providing the structural integrity to prevent bowing and to execute energetic character dancing steps and simultaneously maintaining the flexibility necessary to execute jazz steps. The shoe comprises a hard plastic high heel, a partial metal shank extending from a back of the shoe and extending forward...

20060174513 - Articulated foldable sandals: An articulated foldable sandal may include a sole having a forefoot portion that is adapted to be disposed under a front portion of a wearer's foot and a rear-foot portion that is adapted to be disposed under a rear portion of the wearer's foot. The sole may also have an...

20060174514 - Interchangeable shoe with clips and loops: The invention pertains to footwear where the upper, or straps, may be interchanged, in order to alter the style, material, hardware, or other appearance of the footwear. The shoe includes a shoe base for supporting a foot, uppers (straps) for securing the foot to said shoe base, which is achieved...

20060174515 - Shoe: An improved shoe includes an energy return heel mechanism in the heel portion of the shoe upper. The energy return heel mechanism comprises a spring lever pivotally mounted against a fulcrum. The position of the spring lever and fulcrum with respect to each other is adjustable so as to provide...

20060174516 - Sports boot: A boot including a sole, an upper, and a mechanism for tightening the upper, the mechanism for tightening the upper including keepers, at least one lace, a device for blocking at least one strand of the lace, as well as a handle for pulling the strand, the boot also including...

20060174517 - Shoe having a waterproof underlining: The material of the middle sole 1 is selected from the group consisting of PU, EVA, PVC, TPR, and TPU. Inner lining 2 is sandwiched the thick PU film, foam and full mesh lining to shield the footwear from moisture immersion. A waterproof sealing tape or adhesive is used to...

20060174518 - Convertible traction shoes: A convertible shoe having a shoe body and a shoe sole. An air channel formed in said shoe sole including pressurized air inlet and air exhaust. An elongated pocket or multiple individual pockets in the bottom of the shoe sole and along said air channel. A flexible wall portion between...

20060174519 - Height enhancing device and height enhancing footwear: A shoe comprising an enhanced inner sole that is positioned in the shoe, either as a separate insert or built-in, to thereby raise the position in which the foot rests inside the shoe....

20060174520 - Vamp for a sport shoe: A vamp for a sport shoe has at least one elastic area and at least one non-elastic area. These areas are made of different plastic components to have different elasticity. Preferably, the vamp further has multiple grooves defined on the vamp to provide proper friction for ball control. The elastic...

20060174521 - Shoe having light emitting function: A shoe includes a translucent sole, a translucent heel, a shoe body on top of the sole; and a light emitting device; the light emitting device includes a power source held in the heel, several light emitting elements held in the heel and between the sole and the shoe body,...

20060174522 - Massage shoes capable of increasing circulation of blood: A massage shoe comprises a controller and a shoe body. The inner foot supporting surface of the shoe body is provided with a plurality of conducting sheets, which are respectively connected by conducting wires to a selected location on a vamp or in the heel of the shoe body, and...

20060168847 - Breathable sole structures and products containing such sole structures: Sole structures for footwear are constructed to provide excellent air exchange, ventilation, and breathability. Sole plates used in these sole structures may include plural rib elements extending across the sole to define plural slat openings in the sole plate. By providing these slat openings adjacent openings in the midsole member,...

20060168846 - Insole with improved internal air circulation: An insole with improved internal air circulation is provided, including a cover layer and a main body, where the cover layer is a thin membrane made of leather skin, cloth, microfiber fabric, or composite material, and the main body is made from foam rubber, thermoplastic rubber, or flexible foam plastic....

20060168845 - Ventilating shoe pad: A ventilating shoe pad includes a pad body made of plenty of elastic fiber that is loosely and separately interwound together, with numerous gaps formed among the interwound fiber. The pad body is formed by thermal compression with a protective edge slightly extending upward obliquely at the peripheral edge corresponding...

20060168848 - Covering for an elasticized band for a shoe provided with a tongue: Described herein is a covering for an elasticized band for a shoe provided with a tongue; the shoe is of the type in which the upper, in a position corresponding to the instep of the foot, has a tongue contained between two sides flaps of the upper, and, inside the...

20060168849 - Footwear article with limited rotational movement and damped end of course: A footwear article (1), for practicing a sport, in particular, motorcycling, includes a rigid body (2), for housing the foot of a user, running in an extension direction (8), a rigid upper (4), for housing the leg of a user and running essentially in an elevation direction (10), a joint...

20060168850 - Securing device: The invention concerns a securing device in the form of a strip (1) in open position, arranged to cover exclusively a shoe (4) lace (3) and comprising means to be fixed to said shoe (4) and a series of holes (2) for passing through the lace (3). The device is...