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US 12,048,348 B2Granted
Adjustable footbeds for footwear
AssigneeFast IP, LLC
InventorsCraig Cheney, Seth Munger, Aislynn Edwards, Danielle Bullock
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Abstract
A footbed having at least one of a thickness adjustment panel and a lateral adjustment fin, each configured to be moved between a first configuration and a second configuration, the first and second configurations providing different fits of a shoe into which the footbed is inserted.
Claims15
An adjustable shoe comprising:
- an upper and an insole, the insole being removeable from within the upper and comprising:
- a forward portion;
- a rearward portion;
- and
- a thickness adjustment panel;
- wherein the insole has a forward thickness and a rearward thickness;
- wherein at least one portion of the thickness adjustment panel is coupled to the insole and the thickness adjustment panel is moveable between a first panel configuration and a second panel configuration;
- wherein the thickness adjustment panel overlaps the forward portion of the insole in the first panel configuration;
- wherein the thickness adjustment panel overlaps the rearward portion of the insole in the second panel configuration;
- wherein the forward thickness is decreased when the thickness adjustment panel is translated from the first panel configuration to the second panel configuration;
- and
- wherein, in the second panel configuration, the thickness adjustment panel is configured to be received at least in part into the rearward portion.
9 more elements
A sock liner comprising:
- a forward portion;
- a rearward portion;
- and
- a thickness adjustment panel;
- wherein the sock liner has a forward thickness and a rearward thickness;
- wherein at least one portion of the thickness adjustment panel is coupled to the sock liner and the thickness adjustment panel is moveable between a first panel configuration and a second panel configuration to provide periodic adjustment to an inner dimension of a shoe;
- wherein the thickness adjustment panel overlaps the forward portion of the sock liner in the first panel configuration;
- wherein the thickness adjustment panel overlaps the rearward portion of the sock liner in the second panel configuration;
- wherein the forward thickness is decreased from the first panel configuration to the second panel configuration;
- and
- wherein the rearward thickness stays substantially the same or only nominally increases from the first panel configuration to the second panel configuration.
8 more elements
A system for providing periodic adjustment to a dimension of a shoe comprising:
- the shoe;
- and
- a footbed configured to be placed inside the shoe, the footbed comprising:
- a first portion;
- a second portion;
- and
- a thickness adjustment panel;
- wherein the footbed has a first thickness and a second thickness;
- wherein at least one portion of the thickness adjustment panel is coupled to the footbed and the thickness adjustment panel is moveable between a first panel configuration and a second panel configuration;
- wherein the thickness adjustment panel overlaps the first portion of the footbed in the first panel configuration;
- wherein the thickness adjustment panel overlaps the second portion of the footbed in the second panel configuration;
- wherein the first thickness is decreased from the first panel configuration to the second panel configuration;
- and
- wherein, in the second panel configuration, a positive surface feature of the thickness adjustment panel is configured to be received at least in part into a negative surface feature of the second portion.
11 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.