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US 12,550,972 B1Granted
Footwear component
AssigneeHbn Shoe, LLC
InventorsBrian G. R. Hughes, Howard Dananberg
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Abstract
An outsole for footwear includes a substrate having an upper surface. A raised grid pattern is formed on the forefoot and rear sections of the substrate upper surface, and a reverse grid pattern is formed on a midsection of the substrate upper surface.
Claims18
An outsole for footwear, comprising:
- a substrate having an upper surface divided into a forefoot section configured to underlie the toes or phalanges of a wearer;
- a midsection configured to underlie the metatarsal heads of the wearer;
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- a rear section configured to underlie the arch and heel of the wearer;
- a reverse grid pattern on the midsection of the substrate upper surface, and
- a raised grid pattern formed on the forefoot and the rear section of the substrate upper surface, wherein the midsection upper surface has a concave recess 1 to 2.5 mm deep, configured to underlie a first metatarsal head of the wearer whereby to promote eversion of the first metatarsal head of the wearer.
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An outsole for footwear, comprising:
- a substrate having an upper surface divided into a forefoot section configured to underlie the toes or phalanges of a wearer;
- a midsection configured to underlie the metatarsal heads of the wearer;
- and
- a rear section configured to underlie the arch and heel of the wearer;
- a reverse grid pattern on the midsection of the substrate upper surface, and
- a raised grid pattern formed on the forefoot and the rear section of the substrate upper surface, and wherein the outsole includes one or more flex notches formed in a sidewall of the outsole, aligned with channels of the reverse grid pattern on the midsection of the upper surface of the substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.