Boots, shoes, and leggings inventions 11/07

20070271815 - Breathable waterproof sole for shoes: A waterproof breathable sole for shoes, which comprises, for at least part of its extension, at least two structural layers, a lower one provided with a supporting structure so as to form the tread, and an upper one that is permeable to water vapor. The lower layer has portions that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070271816 - Shoe having a replaceable sole: A sole plate assembly comprising a sole plate with at least two or more engageable elements disposed along a peripheral portion of the sole plate, the engageable elements each being adapted to engage a complementary engageable element associated with a sole to form a male-female pair of elements that provide... Agent: Ganz Law, P.C.

20070271817 - Shoe sole orthotic structures and computer controlled compartments: This invention relates generally to footwear such as a shoe, including an athletic shoe, with a shoe sole, including at least one orthotic section formed at least in part by midsole material. The insertable midsole orthotic is removably inserted within the shoe upper, the sides of which hold it in... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20070271818 - Shoe spring and shock absorbing system: Footwear with a powerful arch spring made with spring boards that can be utilized by the heel and ball of the foot areas during impact for efficient energy storage and return during walking, running and other forms of self propelled locomotion. The spring boards can extend into the toe area... Agent: Mitch Rabushka

20070271824 - Sports shoe, in particular ski shoe and tightening means therefore: The invention relates to a sports shoe (1) with an outer shell (2) made of injection moulded plastic, in particular a ski shoe with at least one tightening means (12) arranged in the upper end section of the shoe collar (5) running ring-like around the upper end section of the... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070271826 - Insole for a shoe and accessories therefor: An insole for a shoe is provided, having a display surface, preferably disposed on an insert, for the display of information when the insole is in place in a shoe. A shoe, for example a sports shoe, is also provided having a receiver disposed on its external surface. The receiver... Agent: Kimberly A. Chasteen

20070266596 - Molded shoe with unitary strap attachment connector: A shoe having a one-piece connector attaching a strap to the shoe and method of construction the same is provided. The shoe has: a sole; an upper portion extending from the sole with an aperture defined in the upper portion; a strap with a strap aperture defined in an end... Agent: Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP

20070266597 - Footwear sole: A shoe sole having a bottom surface with a plurality of stud clusters extending therefrom is provided, each stud cluster comprising at least two studs connected via one or more connection elements, wherein, to optimise the manner in which the stud clusters deal with forces applied to them during ground... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070261265 - Moisturizing slipper with removable insole: Disclosed is a slipper which enables a cotton-covered removable insole (FIG. 5) with a moisturizing agent (FIG. 5, 17) to be placed into the slipper. The design of the slipper allows the entire inside lower portion (FIG. 4, 16) to be exposed, when the slipper is open, making it easy... Agent: Nicole Taylor-buckner

20070261266 - Sandal, thong or the like with reversible tongue, vamp, or strap: Footwear, in the category of a sandal, and which may include a thong, slide-on, clog, or related structured sandal, wherein one side or the other of a tongue, upper vamp, or sandal strap may be adhered to an upper part of the sandal sole, or its vamp or cross strap,... Agent: Paul M. Denk

20070261268 - Insole to reduce plantar pressure: A new insole is consisting of shock absorbing and shear reducing composite layers of Poron or soft EVA for the bottom layer, Plastazote or cushioned polymer gel for the middle layer, and a closed cell Neoprene top cover. Through out the insole, there are evenly spaced 3/16″ holes through only... Agent: Hienvu Chuc Nguyen

20070261269 - Underlay strap system: An article of footwear including three independent fastening mechanisms is disclosed. The article of footwear includes a first strap, a second strap, and a lacing system. The first strap, the second strap, and the lacing system may all be configured to adjust or tighten the article of footwear to a... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20070261270 - Ski boot tightening system: Disclosed is an electro-mechanical apparatus for snugging a boot, especially a snow ski boot, around the calf of the user. The apparatus is essentially comprised of a reversible electric motor, a jackscrew, a switch, two brackets, a strap, and a power supply. The invention enables the user to achieve a... Agent: Hayworth, Chaney & Thomas, P.A.

20070261272 - Engaging element useful for securing objects, such as footwear and other foot-receiving devices: Engaging elements may be included in foot-receiving devices, such as footwear, bindings, clips, or the like. Such elements may include a bimodal spring member movable between two independent stable positions and an arm that moves in response to the bimodal spring member changing between its stable positions. The engaging elements... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070261273 - Shoe having photoreactive components: A shoe having photoreactive components, such as a sole, a heel, and/or a series of straps. Each photoreactive component is made from a mixture of a base material, such as rubber, plastic, or polymer, and a photoreactive composition, such as a spiropyran compound or a spirooxazine compound. When exposed to... Agent: Kaliko & Yeager, L.L.C.

20070261274 - Methods of making polymeric articles and polymeric articles formed thereby: Methods of making molded articles and the articles formed by the method, particularly viscoelastic gel articles.... Agent: Bowditch & Dewey, LLP

20070256323 - Article of footwear with temperature regulation means: Article of footwear includes a sole, an insole overlying the sole, the insole having in a surface thereof a groove having an inlet and outlet in an edge of the insole, the groove winding substantially throughout the length and width of the insole upper surface. A tube is disposed in... Agent: U.s. Army Soldier Biological Chemical Command, Soldier Systems Ctr, Teressa Crouse, Legal Office

20070256324 - Shoe insert for heating and cooling foot: A shoe insert to be used for heating or cooling the foot. They are to be manufactured and sold as pairs of left and right shoe inserts. The insert has a number of components forming a sandwich within a sandwich. The outer sandwich has the shape of a shoe, and... Agent: Stanley H. Kremen

20070256325 - Lace-less footwear for displaying team logo: Lace-less footwear such as flip-flops, sandals, slippers or boots for displaying a team logo or name is provided.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070256326 - Article of footwear with support assembly having plate and indentations formed therein: An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole assembly secured to the upper. The sole assembly includes a top plate and a bottom plate spaced from the top plate. A central member is positioned between the top plate and bottom plate and includes a plurality of elastomeric support... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070256327 - Method for the production of a shock absorbing heel for footwear and the heel produced thereby: A shock absorbing heel for footwear, made of leather, or a material visually similar to leather, and formed by a rubber underheel (1) with at least one opening (7) from which there projects an appendix (2) of a core (3) made of a resilient plastic material. The material is injected... Agent: Pollack, P.C.

20070256328 - Skateboard shoe with textured surface: Footwear having a textured surface. The footwear may have an upper, where at least a portion of the footwear upper has a textured surface. The textured surface may be formed, at least in part, by contoured structures. These contoured structures may define a group of alternating peaks and troughs extending... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070256329 - Sole element for a shoe: The invention relates to a shoe having a sole element. The sole element includes a sole area extending below a wearer's foot and a heel cup three-dimensionally encompassing a heel of the wearer's foot. The heel cup alone forms at least a portion of a sidewall of the shoe.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20070256330 - Shoes: A sub-assembly or kit for forming a shoe comprises a flexible member for incorporation in the base of a shoe. The flexible member is capable of a plurality of foot supporting shapes to adapt to heels of different heights. A removable heel and shaping member has a heel part supporting... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070256332 - Slip on athleisure shoe: A construction of an oxford type, lace up athleisure shoe enables the shoe to be slipped on the wearers foot and held securely on the foot without the need for lacing on the shoe. This provides the shoe with the appearance of a lace up shoe that is worn without... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20070256333 - Therapeutic appliance for stress relief: Massage foot gear enabling wearer to have relaxation and theraputic massage while performing normal walking motion. Continuation of research (medical and technical) to incorporate automatic, non invasive stimulation of atrophied limbs and trunk areas through impulse nodes implanted in flexable wraps. Target meridian points (as in reflexology) in the foot... Agent: Owen M. Wolf Jr.

20070251121 - Foot cap: Thin, lightweight footwear made of a polyethylene material that is composed of a top part and a sole part that are sewn together such that when fitted properly to the wearer's foot the footwear encompasses the foot and extends to the level of the ankle. The top part is porous... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070251122 - Cushioning member: A cushioning member for an article of footwear is disclosed. The article of footwear comprises a sole; and a cushioning member disposed in the sole, the cushioning member comprising: a substantially u-shaped heel chamber having an anterior wall, a curved posterior wall, and medial and lateral sidewalls disposed between the... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070251123 - Improved shoes: The present invention relates to a kind of improved shoes. One of its technical designs is to stitch an inner sole, which may be soft, onto the front sole portion of the inner layer of the instep. The midsole between the inner sole and outsole may be at the back... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20070251124 - Shoe: An improved athletic shoe for use in situations where cleats are required. The shoe is provided with a plurality of cleats coupled to the sole of the shoe. Also coupled to the sole of the shoe and provided around the cleats is a resilient material such as rubber. The cleats... Agent: Brett J. Trout, PC

20070251125 - Clean room safety shoe article with removal steel toe housing and method for treating the shoe: A clean room shoe article, e.g., shoe, boot, safety shoe, safety boot. The article has a sole region. The article has an upper particle free polymer material having a toe region and an ankle region. The upper particle free polymer material is coupled to the sole region. The upper particle... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070251126 - Personally adjustable footwear: Personally adjustable footwear with at least one sole layer including: a toe portion, a heel portion, and an intermediate portion. The intermediate portion has openings passing vertically through the layer so that the intermediate portion is elastically flexible to allow relative longitudinal displacement of the toe portion and the heel... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070251127 - Snow shoes of the type whose webbing includes a stretched fabric in the interior of a frame: A snowshoe (1) whose webbing includes a flexible wall (4) maintained in tension inside a framework (2) by portions of the flexible mounting wall which define flexible mounting projections. Supplemental protection parts (8) are disposed surrounding the mounting projections to protect them from wear and impact.... Agent: Thomas E. Kocovsky, Jr. Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070251128 - Spike-adjustable spiked shoe: A spike-adjustable spiked shoe includes a plurality of anchored walls on an outsole, each having an outer convex surface and an inner concave surface. A positioning unit has an abutment head and a guided end respectively facing toward a bearing wall in the outsole and the inner concave surface, and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP