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US 2017/0245592 A1Published application
Sockliner for a shoe
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorBRUCE J. KILGORE
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Abstract
A sockliner for a shoe or other article of footwear is formed having at least one generally flat, planar surface. At least a portion of the sockliner has a linear width that exceeds the linear distance across a width of the shoe. When the sockliner is placed in the shoe, pressure on the wider portions of the sockliner changes the conformation of the sockliner to conform to the shoe.
Claims20
A sockliner for a shoe, the sockliner comprising:
- a first, flat surface having a first perimeter;
- a second, contoured surface opposing the first, flat surface and having a second perimeter smaller than the first perimeter;
- a third surface joining an edge of the first, flat surface to a corresponding edge of the second, contoured surface;
- and
- a fourth surface joining a second edge of the first, flat surface to a corresponding second edge of the second, contoured surface;
- the third and fourth surface each comprising one or more contours between the first and second perimeters, making the sockliner thinner in the area between the first and second perimeters than within the second perimeter.
3 more elements
A shoe comprising:
- an upper;
- a sole;
- and
- a sockliner, the sockliner comprising:
- a first surface comprising a transversely-oriented arc;
- a second, contoured surface opposing the first surface;
- a third surface joining an edge of the first, flat surface to a corresponding edge of the second, contoured surface;
- and
- a fourth surface joining a second edge of the first, flat surface to a corresponding second edge of the second, contoured surface;
- wherein the sockliner is thinner in a variable width border along the perimeter of the sockliner than at the center of the sockliner;
- and wherein the transversely-oriented arc in the first surface is formed by lifting the third and fourth surfaces away from the second surface.
8 more elements
A sockliner comprising:
- a compressible foam body;
- and
- one or more wings integral to and extending laterally from the foam body, the wings differing in thickness, composition, or both from the foam body, the foam body being contoured such that when the wings are lifted away from the foam body, the foam body forms a laterally-oriented arc.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.