Platform shoe, last and insole therefor and manufacture thereof
OwnerDelia Michelle Elliottinventor
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Abstract
An insole for a high heeled platform shoe (30), shaped to accommodate a platform (48) between the insole and an underside of a wearer's foot. Also, a high heeled platform shoe (30) including an outsole, an insole and a platform, in which the outsole is located on one side of the insole and the platform is located on the other side of the insole. Also, a last for lasting a high heeled platform shoe, the last being shaped to correspond to the shape of a foot and a platform located against the sole of the foot. Manufacture includes providing a platform located on one side of an insole and an outsole on the other side of the insole. The platform and its location above the insole provide comfort to the wearer of the shoe and reduce health problems.
Claims11
1-50. (canceled)
A high heeled platform shoe including:
- an outsole;
- an insole and a platform formed of a single piece of material, for raising a foot of a wearer at the fore and rear of the shoe,
- wherein a heel of the wearer is raised from the ground by at least 3.5 cm,
- wherein the outsole is located on a lower side of the single piece in use,
- wherein the single piece is resiliently deformable for shock absorption, and
- wherein the single piece is thinner at a rear portion thereof than at a fore portion thereof, and at a fore portion thereof the single piece is at least 1 cm in thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.