Boots, shoes, and leggings inventions 04/07

20070089318 - Heater element for the inner sole of a footwear: Disclosed is a breathable insole heater element (12, 40) for footwear. The heater element is formed by photochemically etching a porous metallised fabric, e.g. nickel-metallised polyester woven fabric. The heater element is embedded in or laminated in an insole for an article of footwear such as a shoe or boot.... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070089319 - Breathing shoe: A breathing shoe is disclosed to include an air pumping mechanism formed of an air bladder and mounted in the top wall of the outsole for pumping outside cooling air into a front part inside the shoe body to force foul air out of the shoe body through air holes... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070089320 - Vehicle shaped footwear: Children's footwear configured to have the appearance of a motor vehicle. The footwear has a light emitting device, a sound emitting device, and a remote transmitter for controlling the light emitting device and the sound emitting device. The footwear may come in a variety of motor vehicle appearances.... Agent: Novak Druce Deluca & Quigg, LLP

20070089321 - Electricity-producing shoe: An electricity-producing shoe comprises a shoe body including an electricity-producing module and an electricity generator mounted therein. The electricity-producing module includes a rack, first and second gears, and a spring buffer that mounts between the first and second gears. The first and second gears are engaged with the rack and... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070089322 - Shoe clip: A shoe clip (100) includes two members (10, 12) that attach together in positions above and beneath shoe laces (20), to grip the shoe laces (20) between them and position the clip (100) on the shoe (22). A first member (10) is shaped and sized to slide under one or... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20070089323 - Electrothermal massage shoes: The present invention provides an electrothermal massage shoes, mainly comprising an electrothermal tube, conductive metal plate and low frequency metal web in the mid sole of shoes like sleepers, outdoors shoes, sports shoes, leisure shoes and hiking shoes, and shoe sole made of moisture-absorbing and sweat-repelling material and equipped with... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070084080 - Boot topper: A tube comprising a foldable decorative tubular portion comprising an inward turned portion and an outward turned portion. The outward turned portion includes an ornamental design thereon and/or a decoration extending therefrom.... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070084081 - Article of footwear with a pivoting sole element: An article of footwear is disclosed that has a sole structure with a sole element and a coupling. The sole element is spaced from a remainder of the footwear to define a space between a portion of the sole element and the remainder of the footwear. The coupling extends upward... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070084083 - Fluid system having an expandable pump chamber: A fluid system for an article of footwear or other products is disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, the fluid system includes a pump chamber and a pressure chamber. The pump chamber is formed to exhibit a four layer structure to imparts an expandable configuration. The four layers are... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20070084082 - Fluid system having multiple pump chambers: A fluid system for an article of footwear or other products is disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, the fluid system includes a pump chamber and a pressure chamber. The pump chamber is formed to exhibit a four layer structure to imparts an expandable configuration. The four layers are... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20070084084 - User moldable adjustable insert: An insole which is individually adaptable for insertion in footwear is disclosed. The insole has an upper cradle having an upper surface for contact with a foot. The upper surface is a ETC material. A lower interlocking surface is molded of EVA for cushioning of the foot. A lower cradle... Agent: Wayne L. Tang Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

20070084085 - Modular shoe system: A modular shoe system having interchangeable uppers and outsoles, comprising an internal support structure, a plurality of interchangeable first removable covers and a plurality of interchangeable second removable covers. The internal support structure includes a midsole, a heel counter and a toe box. The internal support structure has a front... Agent: Patent Department Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

20070084086 - Cleat assembly for clipless pedal: An improved cleat assembly is disclosed, the assembly containing one or more spring clips configured for releasably securing the assembly to a bicycle pedal or the like. Specifically, the cleat assembly is configured such that tightening the cleat onto the sole of a user's shoe has substantially no effect on... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20070079527 - Shoe outsole manufacturing methods: A shoe having a fabric outsole and method for manufacturing are disclosed. In described embodiments, a shoe outsole with a bottom surface wherein an adhesive is applied to at least a portion of the bottom surface of the shoe outsole and a plurality of fibers are embedded within the adhesive.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070079528 - Combination plush slipper with integral dressable character: A slipper having a sole and a foot covering that transforms into a toy play character by coupling the sole to the foot covering. The toy character may take the form of an animal, a human figure, or an imaginary, or abstract character, or other object. The transforming slipper toy... Agent: Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP

20070079529 - Configurable snowshoe and ski device: A device is disclosed for a configurable snowshoe and ski device. The device includes a base member having a bottom for traversing over snow and ice covered terrain, a positionable axle rotatably coupling a mounting plate with the base member, and the axle positionable to enable one of a plurality... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070079530 - Article of footwear having sole with ribbed structure: An article of athletic footwear comprising an upper for receiving the foot of a wearer and a sole structure attached to the upper, the sole structure having a heel portion including a rigid or semi-rigid ground contacting surface having a plurality of ribs located in the heel portion.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff

20070079531 - Ski boot attachment: A combination that preferably includes at least a main body portion, a heel portion hinged to the main body portion, and a toe portion in sliding engagement with the main body portion, which collectively forms a ski boot attachment by steps for assembling a ski boot attachment is disclosed. The... Agent: Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens

20070079532 - Soles with adjustable and interchangeable supports: A shoe insert system with adjustable and interchangeable supports comprising: a base sole, a longitudinal arch, a heel insert, and a transverse arch; the base sole being generally planar and having a perimeter which covers the underside of a foot from the heel region up to the bottom of a... Agent: Andrew Y. Schroeder

20070074421 - Shoe structure: A shoe structure includes a vamp having a flange extending inward from an inner periphery thereof and the vamp is stitched to an outsole with a loop-like connection member connected therebetween. The connection member has an inner periphery and an outer periphery. An inner thread connects the connection member to... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070074422 - Shoe structure: A shoe structure includes a vamp having a bottom and the vamp is stitched to an outsole with a loop-like connection member connected therebetween. The connection member has an inner periphery and an outer periphery. An inner thread connects the connection member to the bottom of the vamp at a... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070074423 - Article of footwear with a sole structure having fluid-filled support elements: An article of footwear is disclosed that includes an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure incorporates a support element that includes a fluid-filled chamber, a first insert, and a second insert. The chamber defines a first surface, an opposite second surface, and a sidewall... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070074424 - Structure of ventilating insole: An improved structure of ventilating insole, which is composed of a shoe-shaped lower insole, an air permeable layer (cloth or leather) in shoe-shaped and a sponge is placed between the lower insole and the air permeable layer, its features are as follows, a concave trough with casing is set in... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070074425 - Retractable type lining foot-wears: In accordance with an aspect of the invention, a footwear comprises a base and a retainer being coupled to the base for forming a cavity and an opening thereto. The footwear further comprises a heel counter being coupled to at least one of the base and the retainer. The heel... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070074426 - Digital absorbent pad: Disclosed is a digital absorbent pad of any size, shape and material comprising a twisted, wrapped, layered, bent, rolled and folded formation for multiple usages, including a comfortable insertion or placement in between the toes and front portion of the feet of a human being for the treatment and prevention... Agent: Clarence Walter Dorsey

20070074427 - Heel ulcer prevention and cushioning boot: A cushioning boot for bed-ridden patients. The boot includes a thickly-padded leg engaging portion and foot engaging portion with a front opening for easy insertion of a patient foot and leg. A series of stretchable, adjustable closure panels are removably secured to the boot for positioning and inserted leg in... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070074428 - Article of footwear: An article of footwear is disclosed which has a sock-like fabric body that may be readily applied to the feet of an infant, wherein the article is adaptable to a variety of different sized feet.... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20070074429 - Device for preventing loss of a foot covering: A device for preventing loss of a foot covering includes a first strap wrapped around a leg adjacent an ankle of a wearer of such foot covering and a hook and loop fastener for securing the first strap around the leg. A second strap extends generally downwardly from the first... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070074430 - Orthotic device: A dynamically molding orthotics device. The orthotics device consisting of a pre shaped counter frame containing an envelope within which a non-catalytic dynamic molding compound is sealed to interface between the pre-molded counter frame and the anatomy of the user. The counter frame of the pre molded shapes consist of... Agent: Glenn L. Webb