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US 10,568,384 B2Granted
Sole insert with mating attachment system
OwnerTammy Terrell Glaze, Horace Dean Glazeinventors
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Abstract
An insole for open-styled footwear that includes a mating attachment system for variably affixing the insole into footwear.
Claims15
An affixation system for an open toe shoe comprising:
- an insole with an upper and lower surface;
- a first variable position anchor having a first upper section with a first contact surface that engages the lower surface of the insole, the first variable position anchor having a first mating surface opposite the first contact surface;
- at least one second variable position anchor having a second upper section with a second contact surface that engages the lower surface of the insole, the second variable position anchor having a second mating surface opposite the second contact surface;
- and
- wherein the variable position anchors cover a portion surface of the lower surface of the insole and engage at any portion selected on the lower surface of the insole;
- and
- wherein the insole has a perforated section and the perforated section is removable from the insole to define a slit in a toe section of the insole wherein the slit remains defined in the toe section of the insole after removal of the perforated section wherein the slit is configured to allow the insole to better fit the open toe shoe or a thong sandal.
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A method for affixing an insole within an open toe shoe comprising:
- affixing at least one variable position anchor having a first section to any portion defined by a lower surface of an insole;
- and
- affixing the at least one variable position anchor to a second section of the open toe shoe wherein the position of the second section on the shoe surface corresponds to the position selected on the lower surface of the insole;
- affixing the at least one variable position anchor at any portion selected on the lower surface of the insole;
- and
- defining a perforated section within the insole, wherein removing the perforated section defines a slit within a toe section of the insole, wherein the slit remains defined in the toe section of the insole after removal of the perforated section wherein the slit is configured to allow the insole to better fit the open toe shoe or a thong sandal.
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An insole kit for an open toe shoe comprising:
- an insole;
- a variable position anchor with a first section containing a first mating surface configured to engage the insole;
- the variable position anchor having a second section containing a second mating surface configured to engage a surface of the open toe shoe;
- wherein the variable position anchor cover a portion surface of the lower surface of the insole and engages at any portion selected on the lower surface of the insole;
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- a perforated section for separating sections of the insole wherein removing the perforated section defines a slit within a toe section of the insole, wherein the slit remains defined in the toe section of the insole after removal of the perforated section wherein the slit is configured to allow the insole to better fit the open toe shoe or a thong sandal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.