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US 2017/0360143 A1Published application
Rapid-entry footwear with rebounding fit system
AssigneeFast IP, 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.
Claims1
A rapid-entry shoe comprising:
- a base;
- and
- 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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