A43B 11/02
Footwear with arrangements to facilitate putting-on or removing: with built-in shoe-horns
Official title: with built-in shoe-horns
A43B11/02 (Footwear with arrangements to facilitate putting-on or removing: with built-in shoe-horns) appears on 82 US grants and 98 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A43B- Granted patents
- 82
- Published applications
- 98
- Assignees
- 15
- Inventors
- 76
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 9 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 6 | 7 |
| 2023 | 15 | 16 |
| 2024 | 13 | 24 |
| 2025 | 17 | 12 |
| 2026 | 9 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Footwear heel counter for easier foot entry or removal5 May 2026US 12,616,277 B2Skechers U.S. A., Inc. II
- Footwear heel counter for easier foot entry or removal14 Apr 2026US 12,599,197 B2Skechers U.S. A., Inc. II
- Footwear strap and footwear having the same24 Mar 2026US 12,582,192 B2Skechers U.S. A., Inc. II
- Footwear heel spring device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305765 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Shoe upper with integrated construction27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248241 A1Skechers U.S. A., Inc. II
- Rapid-entry footwear23 Jul 2026US 2026/0206912 A1Fast IP, LLC
- Heel cup assembly and method for tuning heel cup assembly for hands-free footware25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174187 A1Hands-Free Inc.
- Footwear heel spring device12 Mar 2026US 2026/0068992 A1NIKE, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Rear entry footwear119US 7,793,438 B1Reebok International Ltd. · 2010
- Footwear with integrated counterpocket shoe horn103US 5,090,140 AWolverine World Wide, Inc. · 1992
- Shoe conveniently put on and taken off89US 8,769,845 B22014
- Footwear article with tongue reinforcer82US 10,455,898 B1NIKE, Inc. · 2019
- Shoe construction78US 4,608,769 A1986