Shoe with Divided Ground Contact Surfaces
AssigneeColumbia Insurance Company
InventorKenneth Daniel Santos
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Abstract
The invention relates to a shoe and method for making a shoe with divided ground contact surfaces including a toe area covered in part by a toe material; the toe material for contacting a ground; a heel area covered in part by a heel material; wherein the heel material is for contacting the ground. The shoe also has a flex member between the toe and heel areas; the flex member extends both in lateral and longitudinal directions for spreading the toe and heel materials toward a periphery of the shoe and for reducing friction between the ground and the toe and heel materials; and wherein the flex member is contoured for facilitating flexing of the shoe.
Claims20
A shoe with divided ground contact surfaces, comprising:
- a. A toe area covered in part by a toe material;
- b. Said toe material for contacting a ground;
- c. A heel area covered in part by a heel material;
- d. Said heel material for contacting the ground;
- e. A flex member between the toe and heel material;
- f. Said flex member extends both in lateral and longitudinal directions for spreading said toe and heel materials toward a periphery of the shoe and for reducing friction between the ground and said toe and heel materials;
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- g. Said flex member is contoured for facilitating flexing of the shoe.
A shoe with divided ground contact surfaces, comprising:
- a. A toe area covered in part by a toe material;
- b. Said toe material for contacting a ground;
- c. A heel area covered in part by a heel material;
- d. Said heel material for contacting the ground;
- e. A first flex member placed between the toe and heel areas;
- f. Said first flex member extending in an arcuate direction for spreading said toe material towards a periphery of the shoe and for reducing friction between the ground and said toe material;
- g. A second flex member extending longitudinally through the heel material for dividing the heel material;
- h. Said second flex member extending around a recessed area, wherein said recessed area is spaced apart from the ground for reducing friction;
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- i. Said first and second flex members are spaced apart from the ground for reducing friction.
A method for providing a shoe with divided ground contact surfaces, comprising the steps of:
- a. Providing a toe area;
- b. Covering a part of the toe area with a toe material;
- c. Providing a heel area;
- d. Covering a part of the heel area with a heel material;
- e. Placing a first flex member between the toe and heel areas;
- f. Extending the first flex member in an arcuate direction;
- g. Spreading the toe material towards a periphery of the shoe for reducing friction between the ground and said toe material;
- h. Extending a second flex member longitudinally through the heel material;
- i. Dividing the heel material;
- j. Extending the second flex member around a recessed area;
- k. Spacing the recessed area apart from the ground for reducing friction;
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- l. Spacing the first and second flex members apart from the ground for reducing friction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.