Removeable shoe toe box insert
AssigneeMOD Worldwide, LLC
InventorsNina Stanley, Harsha Venna, John Stanley
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a toe box insert configured to provide support between a wearer's toes and the end of a footwear. An exemplary toe box insert comprises a compressible material. The compressible material can be characterized by a firmness, a flexibility, and a springback. The firmness can provide rigidity to the footwear even when a force is applied on the toe box insert by a wearer. The flexibility can cause the toe box insert to indent in response to a force applied on the toe box insert by the wearer. The springback can cause the toe box insert to return to an original shape after a force applied by a wearer ceases.
Claims16
A toe box insert inserted into a footwear comprising:
- a compressible material having a top portion that lies immediately adjacent to a vamp of the footwear, a bottom portion that lies immediately adjacent to a sole of the footwear, a rear portion configured to lie adjacent to toes of a wearer, and a front portion that lies adjacent to a toe cap of the footwear, wherein the compressible material is a solid structure that extends between the rear portion and the front portion, wherein the compressible material includes a plurality of layers in a horizontal configuration such that a first layer of the plurality of layers extends across the top portion and a second layer of the plurality of layers is positioned beneath the first layer, the first layer having a higher firmness than the second layer;
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- wherein the second layer is configured to lie adjacent to the toes of the wearer when the toes of the wearer are inserted into the footwear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.