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US 12,696,957 B2Granted
Footwear
OwnerCandace Cheninventor
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Abstract
An elegant and stylish high-heeled shoe includes improved arch supports, pads, and gel-filled cushions, and improves wearer comfort and improves weight distribution by collecting and transferring body weight primarily by the ball of the heel, secondarily by a novel arch support, and tertiarily by an especially comfortable toe post. These distributed support structures in combination prevent an undesirable feeling of the foot sliding down the ramp.
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A high-heeled shoe comprising:
- a heel pillar, an outer sole, and an insock, with
- said heel pillar defining a support axis and comprising a reinforcement column, and
- said outer sole
- defining a longitudinal medial contour further defining forward and rearward directions, and defining a ball line substantially transverse to said longitudinal medial contour, and
- further comprising a pocket defining a pocket area, with at least 75% of said pocket area located rearward of said ball line, and
- further comprising an insert molded shank,
- with a first gel pad received within said pocket and a component comprising high-rebound memory foam affixed atop said first gel pad, and
- said outer sole further defining a heel cup having a plurality of fastener-receiving through apertures having centers non-coaxial with said support axis, such that brachial support axes each passing through said aperture centers converge upon said support axis at a point beneath said heel cup.
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