US 2016/0100652 A1 · ITEM OF FOOTWEAR

Abstract

The present invention relates to an item of footwear comprising a sole with an upper surface having a concave rear portion and a forward portion that is flat in the lateral direction. An item of footwear comprises: a securing means for securing the item of footwear to a foot of a wearer; and a sole having an upper surface that in use contacts the foot of a user, wherein: the upper surface has a first portion (7) and a second portion (6), the first portion (7) located forwardly of the second portion (6); the upper surface is substantially flat in the lateral direction in the first portion (7); and the upper surface is concave in the lateral direction in the second portion (6).

Claims15

Dependent claims

An item of footwear comprising:

a securing means for securing the item of footwear to a foot of a wearer;
and
a sole having an upper surface that in use contacts the foot of a user, wherein:
the upper surface has a first portion and a second portion, the first portion located forwardly of the second portion;
the upper surface is substantially flat in the lateral direction in the first portion;
and
the upper surface is concave in the lateral direction in the second portion.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/892,680Filed 21 May 2014

Priority

GB 1309164.021 May 2013

Published

14 Apr 2016

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

A43B 7/28
With foot-supporting parts: adapting the inner sole or the side of the upper of the shoe to the sole of the foot
A43B 7/141
With pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form: having an anatomical or curved form
A43B 7/142
Characterised by the location under the foot: situated under the medial arch, i.e. under the navicular or cuneiform bones
A43B 7/1425
Characterised by the location under the foot: situated under the ball of the foot, i.e. the joint between the first metatarsal and first phalange

Abstract

Facts

Application

14/892,680Filed 21 May 2014

Priority

GB 1309164.021 May 2013

Published

14 Apr 2016

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

A43B 7/28
With foot-supporting parts: adapting the inner sole or the side of the upper of the shoe to the sole of the foot
A43B 7/141
With pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form: having an anatomical or curved form
A43B 7/142
Characterised by the location under the foot: situated under the medial arch, i.e. under the navicular or cuneiform bones
A43B 7/1425
Characterised by the location under the foot: situated under the ball of the foot, i.e. the joint between the first metatarsal and first phalange

Item of footwear

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Item of footwear

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