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US 12,667,162 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 or substrate upper surface,
- wherein the rear section upper surface has a smooth surface concave recess configured to underlie a calcaneus of the wearer, and wherein the midsection upper surface has a smooth surface concave recess configured to underlie a first metatarsal head of the wearer,
- wherein the outsole includes three 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, and
- wherein the outer notches have an angle that is half an angle of the inner notch or notches.
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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;
- 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 or substrate upper surface,
- wherein the outsole includes three 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, wherein the outer notches have an angle that is half an angle of the inner notch or notches.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.