Boots, shoes, and leggings inventions 10/06

20060236561 - Sole for footwear: A sole for footwear having straps includes a first surface substantially of the shape of bottom of a foot, a second surface having a predetermined friction, and an edge connecting the first surface and the second surface The first and second surfaces and the edge are made of a light,...

20060236563 - Shoe sole having soft cushioning device: A shoe sole includes a cover layer, and a cushioning member disposed on the cover layer, for softly contacting and engaging with feet of users. The cushioning member may be made of gel, or fluidity materials, or soft materials, or the like. The cover layer includes an opening to partially...

20060236562 - Shoe sole insert: A shoe sole insert includes an upper member and a lower member, and a number of cells formed between the upper member and the lower member, the upper member includes an elastic pad and a pattern layer and a flexible envelope secured together, the lower member also includes an elastic...

20060236564 - Orthotic with dynamically self-adjusting stabiliser for footwear: The orthotic is formed of a monolithic semi-rigid resilient shell for engagement inside a footwear and for conformingly fitting against the plantar portion of a patient's foot. The orthotic includes a rear heel cup portion that may have inner and outer rearwardly-extending resiliently deformable arms defining at their rear ends...

20060230633 - Heated or cooled item of clothing: A heated or cooled item of clothing (1;15), comprising a cartridge (4) made of two compartments (5, 6), separated by a divider (7) that can be easily broken or removed, each compartment containing a substance which, coming into contact with the other, triggers an exothermic or endothermic reaction, respectively. Said...

20060230634 - Footwear in plastic made by pressure casting with fastening supports: The present invention relates to plastic footwear made by pressure casting. The footwear is realized in a single monolithic body by a pressure casting process. The footwear has a back strap and a button that enters a buttonhole of a buckle that is made of a stiffer plastic material than...

20060230635 - Fluid-filled bladder for footwear and other applications: A fluid-filled structure, such as a bladder, is disclosed. The bladder has a first surface and an opposite second surface that are peripherally joined to define various edges. The bladder encloses a fluid between the first surface and the second surface. A portion of the edges may have a concave...

20060230636 - Fluid-filled bladder for footwear and other applications: A fluid-filled structure, such as a bladder, is disclosed. The bladder has a first surface and an opposite second surface that are peripherally joined to define various edges. The bladder encloses a fluid between the first surface and the second surface. A portion of the edges may have a concave...

20060230637 - Pedicure boot: The present invention is directed to a pedicure boot having a forward end of an upper member detachably secured to the forward end of the sole member to enable the toes of the user to be exposed and then covered as needed without having the forward end of the upper...

20060230638 - Ski boot: A ski boot comprising a conventional rigid sole from which there protrudes, from the area of the forefoot and approximately up to the area of the arch of the foot, a shell open in the direction of the area of the heel of the sole, thereat and to which there...

20060230639 - Footwear cleat with blade-like traction elements: A shoe cleat comprises a fan-like array of dynamic traction elements that, under the weight of a wearer of a shoe, resiliently deflect toward the cleat hub and are compressed against an adjacent traction element and/or the hub to trap interposed grass blades....

20060230640 - Shoe having physical measuring device: A shoe includes a shoe sole having a chamber formed in a heel portion, a detecting device disposed in the chamber of the heel portion of the shoe sole and arranged to be depressed and actuated by a heel portion of a user, a processor device attached to the shoe...

20060230641 - Lighted footwear: Footwear is provided that includes a sole having a front and a back. A light source is disposed in the front of the sole. A foot sensor, disposed in the sole, detects the presence or absence of a foot in the footwear. A light sensor, disposed in the sole, is...

20060230642 - Lighted footwear: In one embodiment, footwear is provided that includes a sole having a light source disposed therein. A foot sensor, disposed in the sole, detects the presence or absence of a foot in the footwear. A light sensor is adapted to detect the amount of ambient light adjacent the footwear. The...

20060230643 - Footwear with additional comfort: Disclosed is footwear, such as a sandal, having an outsole, an insole, and an upper. The upper is attached to the outsole and/or the insole and is meant to hold the foot in place when the sandal is worn. The outsole includes a bottom surface and a sidewall extending upwardly...

20060225304 - Flexible fluid-filled bladder for an article of footwear: A fluid-filled bladder for an article of footwear is disclosed that includes a sealed outer barrier and a tensile member. The barrier is substantially impermeable to a fluid contained by the bladder, and the tensile member is located within the barrier and bonded to opposite sides of the barrier. The...

20060225305 - Footwear outsole and method of manufacture: An outsole construction having an integral display layer. The outsole includes a main body and a plurality of lugs extending from the main body to define a plurality of ground engaging elements. The display layer is disposed at the surface of the main body such that it is visible in...

20060225306 - Multifunctional telemark boot: Multifunctional Telemark boot (1) suitable for permitting a bending action in correspondence with an articulation of the metatarsus phalange of the foot, the boot (1) being provided with a containing hull (2) for the foot, and with a flexible articulation (7) which is arranged substantially in correspondence with a point...

20060225307 - Colored spa shoes: Color SPA shoes each include an insole of a size compatible to a vamp thereof, and is glued or sewed onto the vamp. A fluid infused into the insole is circulated therein when walking to provide a foot with massaging effects. Each step creates expansion and contraction of a space...

20060218819 - Double-density elastic insert element for an outsole: A double-density elastic insert element is composed of an inner section and an outer section enclosing the inner section. The inner section and the outer section have different density, hardness and elasticity characteristics. Preferably, the inner section and the outer section are both made of polyurethane or ethylvinyl acetate (EVA)...

20060218820 - Elevated support matrix for a shoe and method of manufacture: Disclosed is an elevated support matrix for a shoe, which may either form a sole, heel, or sole and heel combination. The matrix is formed of metal, or other high-tensile materials. To minimize the weight of the matrix, but still maintain the structural integrity of the matrix and properly support...

20060218821 - Footwear for gripping and kicking a ball: A shoe upper (11) including one or more resiliently deformable protrusions (17, 19) extending from an outer surface of the shoe upper and positioned for contact with a ball, each said protrusion (17, 19) forming at least an inner contoured shape portion and an outer contoured shape portion, said outer...