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US 2016/0249687 A1Published application
Cushioned stabilizing sock and method
OwnerHassan Saeedi, Mohammad Ali Javanshir +1inventors
InventorsHassan Saeedi, Mohammad Ali Javanshir, Atefeh Aboutorabi
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Abstract
A cushioned stabilizing sock is described, having an inner fabric component, a midfoot stiffening component, a cushion heel component, and an outer fabric component. The sock may also have an attached or removable outer resin component. A method of making the sock comprises laying up the components upon a mold base covered by a release sheet.
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A footwear apparatus, comprising:
- an inner fabric component;
- a stiffening component adjacent to and outside a portion of the inner fabric component;
- a resilient heel component outside a portion of the fabric component;
- an outer fabric component surrounding the inner fabric component, the stiffening component and the heel component;
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- a resin component outside at least a portion of the outer fabric component.
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A method of manufacturing a footwear apparatus, comprising:
- providing a mold base;
- covering at least partially the mold base with a release sheet;
- covering at least partially the release sheet with an inner fabric component;
- covering partially the inner fabric component with a stiffening component;
- covering partially at least one of the inner fabric component and/or the stiffening component with a resilient heel component;
- covering the stiffening component and resilient heel component with an outer fabric component;
- sewing the inner fabric component and the outer fabric component together at a respective toe portions and ankle portions thereof to form an enclosure enclosing the stiffening component and the resilient heel component;
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- removing the assembly comprising the inner fabric component, the stiffening component, the heel component and the outer fabric component from the assembly comprising the mold base and release sheet.
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