Boots, shoes, and leggings inventions 07/07

20070169375 - Shoe with ventilated arch support region: A shoe includes a shell that has a bottom wall, and a peripheral wall which extends upward from a periphery of the bottom wall. The bottom wall includes a front region, a rear region, and an arch support region between the front and rear regions. An upper is connected to... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070169377 - Articulating footwear for sports activity: A boot includes an upper formed of articulating panels that permit portions of the boot to move in substantial independence from one another in response to loads experienced by the boot. The boot generally comprises a sports boot that is positioned around a wearer's foot for coupling to an external... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070169378 - Rough and fine adjustment closure system: Disclosed is a closure system used in combination in any of a variety of applications including clothing, for example as a footwear lacing system comprising a lace attached to a tightening mechanism. The tightening mechanism provides for both rough and fine adjustment of the closure system. The rough adjustment allows... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070169379 - Article of footwear having a fluid-filled chamber with flexion zones: An article of footwear is disclosed that includes a fluid-filled chamber with one or more flexion zones. The flexion zones may be areas of the chamber where a tensile element, for example, is absent, or the flexion zones may be areas of the chamber where opposite surfaces of the chamber... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20070169382 - Tethered shoelace clip: A clip combination for a child's shoe includes a spring actuated clip tethered to an anchor. The tether and anchor combination secures the clip to the shoe and prevents accidental discarding, and may be accomplished with a bar that fits through the eyelet of the shoe in a first orientation,... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20070163147 - 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... Agent: Jeanne E. Longmuir

20070163149 - Heel protector: A heel protector is disclosed. The heel protector includes a stem portion having a body and at least one retaining portion. A channel is formed between the body and the at least one retaining portion. A biasing portion extends from the stem portion. The biasing portion includes an opening therein.... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070163150 - Insole board for high-heel shoe: An insole board for high-heel shoe includes a board member, a plastic molded member and a rigid supporting member embedded in the plastic molded member. The board member has a forefoot portion, a midfoot portion and a heel portion. The midfoot portion and said heel portion of the board member... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070163153 - Single-pull binding for a snowshoe: A boot binding for a snowshoe, suspended within the snowshoe for flexibility of the boot relative to the snowshoe in the pitch direction, has a binding footbed that is flexible and allows bending of the boot in the pitch directed, as steps are taken by the user.... Agent: Thomas M. Freiburger

20070163152 - Snowshoe binding with contoured base: A binding for a snowshoe has an injection molded base or footbed with integral control wings for cradling the shoe generally as in Pat. No. 5,259,128. The base preferably has toe stops at the forward end, positioned asymmetrically on the base to better individually contour to the left shoe and... Agent: Thomas M. Freiburger

20070163154 - Snowshoe binding with flexible footbed: A boot binding for a snowshoe, suspended within the snowshoe for flexibility of the boot relative to the snowshoe in the pitch direction, has a binding footbed that is flexible and allows bending of the boot in the pitch direction, as steps are taken by the user.... Agent: Thomas M. Freiburger

20070163155 - Snowshoe binding with top buckles: A binding for a snowshoe has, in several different embodiments, a pair of straps to draw the binding tight over a user's boot, the two straps reversing direction at side loop points and being secured to a pair of buckles on a floating tongue at the top of the binding,... Agent: Thomas M. Freiburger

20070163151 - Snowshoe binding without heel strap: A snowshoe binding engages the sole of the user's boot in a region between the arch and the widest part of the sole, gripping the sole laterally and sufficiently firmly that the boot will not pull out of the binding during use of the snowshoe, even in the absence of... Agent: Thomas M. Freiburger

20070157486 - Materials for providing aesthetic percussive sound which minimize damage to flooring during dancing, exercise, or performance: Devices are disclosed that are attachable to or are integral with an existing shoe such that an audible percussive sound is heard upon impact of the shoe against a surface. Furthermore, the devices are composed of materials that minimize or avoid damage to flooring. The devices described act as substitute... Agent: LatimerIPLaw, LLP

20070157487 - Display device: An LCD includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight unit, a rear cover, a mold frame and a front cover that slides down over and couples with the rear cover to form a space within which the liquid crystal panel, mold frame and backlight unit are protectively enclosed. The front... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070157488 - Footwear with force sensing device: An article of footwear is provided, particularly a soccer shoe, having one or more sensors mounted in the shoe upper which, when impacted by a ball, are effective to send a signal to a controller representative of the magnitude of the force with which the ball was struck by the... Agent: Gray Robinson, P.A.

20070157489 - Spike assembly for a spiked shoes: A spike assembly has a spike and spike connector. The spike connector has multiple threads formed on an inner surface. The multiple threads include a specific thread has a width larger than that of the others. The spike has multiple grooves formed in an outer surface. The multiple grooves include... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC Tracy M Heims

20070151121 - Stretchable and transformable planar heat pipe for apparel and footwear, and production method thereof: Transformable and stretchable essentially planar heat pipe disposed as element of thermal management in apparel or footwear articles.... Agent: Igor V Touzov

20070151122 - Footwear cover with scent-suppressing carbon additive: A stretchable protective cover for footwear, formed from a natural rubber or elastomeric material. Small particles of activated carbon are interspersed in the material making up the cover, in order to suppress the scent of a wearer. The footwear cover may have a textured bottom surface to resist slippage. The... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070151124 - Woman's shoe: A woman's shoe includes an insole surface layer, a sole under the insole surface layer and at least a thermoplastic rubber member. The sole is cut with at least a recess, for fitting the thermoplastic rubber member therein at a spot corresponding to a portion of a foot supporting a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070151125 - Shoe with an illuminating device: The shoe has a body, an insole, illuminating device and a shoe-pad. The body is formed as a single piece and has a recess, a heel, and a cavity. The cavity is formed in the body near the heel and communicates with the recess. The insole is mounted in the... Agent: Thomas E. Sisson Jackson Walker, LLP

20070151126 - Shoes for walking reform: This design is regarded to shoes for rightwalking reform and the shoes are characterized as the shoes for walking reform, such as if the walking is not right at going on foot and gives a alert sound, then let a pedestrian have a self-consciousnessin order to reform walking-posture right, through... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C