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US 2017/0303632 A1Published application
Rapid-entry footwear with rebounding fit system
AssigneeKizik Design, LLC
InventorsMICHAEL JAMES PRATT, STEVEN HERMANN, SETH LYTLE, JAMES KUANGCHENG TSEN
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Abstract
A rapid-entry and rebounding fit shoe having one or both of a rapid-entry heel element and a rapid-entry tongue element and both snap back for fit. The rapid-entry shoe directs a user's foot into or otherwise accommodates a user's foot with respect to, a shoe opening, and thereafter secures a rear portion of rapid-entry shoe about a user's heel as well as forefoot.
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A rapid-entry shoe comprising:
- a base;
- a deformable element coupled to the base, wherein the deformable element is embedded within or extends along a rear portion of the rapid-entry shoe, wherein the deformable element has a collapsed configuration and an uncollapsed configuration, wherein in the collapsed configuration the deformable element is in a compressed state and bends downward and in the uncollapsed configuration the deformable element is oriented upwards and is in a reduced compressed state, an uncompressed state, or a partially bent state;
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- a heel piece including a paddle coupled to the deformable element, wherein the paddle is rotatable about the deformable element.
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A rapid-entry shoe, comprising:
- a heel piece comprising a first paddle coupled to a second paddle by a neck;
- a first anchor and a second anchor, each disposed beneath the footbed of the shoe;
- a first deformable element extending from beneath the footbed of the shoe and between the first anchor and the first paddle;
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- a second deformable element extending from beneath the footbed of the shoe and between the second anchor and the second paddle;
- wherein the shoe comprises a collapsed configuration and an uncollapsed configuration,
- wherein, in the uncollapsed configuration, at least one of the first deformable element and the second deformable element comprises a preloaded configuration;
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- wherein in the collapsed configuration the first paddle and the second paddle are rotated outward and the neck prevents the first paddle and the second paddle from rotating inward.
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