Boots, shoes, and leggings inventions 09/07

20070220777 - Comfortable and portable footwear: Footwear capable of comfort, portability and adaptability by change of style and looks. The footwear is capable of being rolled up to allow for it to be condensed thereby allowing for ease of transport. The footwear is made of materials that ensure that it is comfortable for a wearer and... Agent: Evelyn M. Sommer

20070220778 - Article of footwear with a lightweight foam midsole: An article of footwear is disclosed that includes an upper element and a sole structure secured to the upper element. The sole structure further comprises a midsole element that defines a plurality of indentations extending through a polymer foam material from a first surface to a second surface. The plurality... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070220779 - Support liners and arrangements including the same: Support liners and cushions which include including a plurality of compressible protrusions. An arrangement is provided for interconnecting the compressible protrusions, the interconnecting arrangement being adapted to ensure strict compression of the compressible protrusions upon acceptance of a compressive force.... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070214681 - Open toe boot with removable toe cover: An open toe boot is provided in which an upper defines a toe opening at the front. A toe cover may be provided for detachably attaching to the sole and/or the upper to cover the open toe portion. The toe cover may be attached using a zipper, a Velcro™ fastener... Agent: Ying Chen

20070209229 - Footwear emitting a fragrance and a method for its fabrication: An article of footwear that automatically and continuously emits a fragrance and includes a fragrance-releasing substance impregnated into and absorbed by a part of the footwear such as by infusing the fragrance-releasing substance into a selected part of the footwear article.... Agent: Marvin N. Gordon

20070209230 - Footwear with independent suspension and protection: An article of footwear having an upper and a sole is disclosed. The sole of the article of footwear includes a midsole having a support portion and a plurality of projections extending from the support portion. The sole of the article of footwear also includes a plate contacting the support... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070209233 - Footwear: The present invention relates to a shoe having an outsole to form a bottom of the shoe, a mid-sole provided on the top of the outsole, and an insole provided on the top of the mid-sole, contacting the sole of a user's foot, comprising a cushion support part formed with... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070209231 - Shock attenuation method and system of elastic insole of shoes: This invention relates to a shock attenuation method and system of an elastic insole of shoes for adjusting elastic force. A pressure controller in an elastic insole of shoes at least uses two pressure controlling modes and adjusts to select alternative on/off of one of pressure controlling modes by screw.... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070209232 - Shoe structure: The present invention provides an improved shoe structure to improve the sport efficiency and the wearing comfort of the user. The shoe structure comprises a base portion and a cover portion, wherein a plurality of flexible devices, such as springs, are formed within the base portion of the shoe structure... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070209234 - Automatic tying and loosing shoes: The present invention provides an automatic fastening and loosing shoes, which is typically comprised of a shoe body including tongue portion, upper portions and shoe-sole, in which mouthing portions are built on the interfaces of the tongue portion and the upper, said shoe-sole includes an outsole, a middle sole and... Agent: Banger Shia

20070209235 - 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... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20070209237 - Shoe insert: A shoe insert (10) which includes a sheet-like pad (12). The pad (12) defines an upper surface (18) and a lower surface (20) and has a generally pointed shape for insertion into an front foot portion (16) of footwear such as a shoe (15) or like. The upper surface (18)... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070209238 - Vamp with edging: The invention provides for a vamp bound by an edging that allows the vamp to be attached to a base member of an interchangeable shoe forming assembly without bunching, gathering or pulling out of line.... Agent: Feldmangale, P.A.

20070209239 - Studded footwear: A shoe stud and receptacle, the shoe stud including a ground-engaging part and the two components are adapted to be secured together by a multi-start threaded connection comprising a screw-threaded spigot on one of the two components adapted to be inserted with rotation into a screw-threaded socket on the other... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070204481 - Watersport hiking system: A device that provides support for sailors while hiking from a sailing vessel is disclosed. The device is a hiking strap/watersport boot combination, designed to provide extra grip together. The watersport boot is ergonomically designed to support muscles in the foot that are under strain while hiking... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070204482 - Sock-like footwear with a padded sole and method for making the same: In the present invention relates to sock-like items of footwear commonly used in conjunction with outer articles of footwear such as shoes, boots and the like as an inner liner, in particular the liner is constructed with a durable padded sole, methods of constructing such liners are disclosed.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070204484 - Adjustable fit insole system for shoes: An adjustable fit insole system for shoes includes an insole member formed of flexible, resilient cushioning material that is removably inserted within the foot-receiving chamber of the shoe, the insole member and the shoe having corresponding heel, arch, ball and toe portions. In order to vary the internal width and... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20070204485 - Method of manufacturing an upper for an article of footwear: A method of forming an upper for an article of footwear includes the steps of providing an exterior layer of an upper of an article of footwear having a layer of adhesive secured to an interior surface thereof, positioning an interior layer of the upper in contact with the interior... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070204487 - Orthopedic shoe appliance and method: An orthopedic appliance includes a slab configured to be placed underneath a big toe, forward of and not extending under a head of a first metatarsal, and wherein the slab has a predetermined height and is configured to deflect a proximal phalanx upwardly relative to the first metatarsal. A method... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.