Rocker shoes, rocker shoe development kit and method
AssigneeThe United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
InventorsAndrew H. Hansen, Sara R. Koehler, Charles J. Schultz, Eric A. Nickel
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Abstract
A rocker shoe has a lower rocker surface extending across the plantar surface of the shoe sole from the heel and terminating short of the toe. A rocker shoe construction kit has a rigid or substantially rigid rocker piece having an upper surface for securing over a major portion of a lower plantar surface of the sole of a shoe upper and a lower surface of predetermined rocker shape, a cushioning layer for securing over the lower surface of the rocker piece, and a layer of tread material configured for securing over the lower surface of the cushioning layer and any exposed portion of the plantar surface of a shoe.
Claims12
A rocker shoe, comprising:
- a shoe upper having a heel, a toe, and a sole;
- a rocker portion with a lower rocker surface extending over at least a major portion of a lower plantar surface of the sole;
- the rocker portion comprising a rocker piece of rigid or semi-rigid material having an upper surface secured to the lower plantar surface of the sole and a lower surface, an intermediate layer secured over the lower surface of the rocker piece, and a layer of tread material secured over a lower surface of the intermediate layer and over any exposed portion of the lower plantar surface of the sole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.