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US 2026/0198646 A1Published application
Rapid-entry footwear comprised of a unified material
AssigneeFast IP, LLC
InventorCraig Cheney
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Abstract
A rapid-entry shoe having a sole portion and a rebounding portion being comprised of the same material and being a unified structure. The rapid-entry shoe has a collapsed configuration in which a perimeter of the topline is expanded and an uncollapsed configuration in which the perimeter of the topline is unexpanded, and the rapid-entry shoe is biased by the rebounding portion toward the uncollapsed configuration.
Claims20
A rapid-entry shoe comprising:
- a sole portion;
- an upper coupled to the sole portion, the upper defining a topline;
- and
- a rebounding portion including a base portion and an extension portion, the extension portion of the rebounding portion extending in an upward and rearward direction toward the rear portion of the upper, the base portion extending forward and rearward at the sole portion;
- wherein at least a portion of the unified structure is positioned beneath a foot of a user when the user is wearing the rapid-entry shoe;
- wherein the rapid-entry shoe has a collapsed configuration in which a perimeter of the topline is expanded;
- wherein the rapid-entry shoe has an uncollapsed configuration in which the perimeter of the topline is unexpanded;
- and
- wherein the rapid-entry shoe is biased by the rebounding portion toward the uncollapsed configuration.
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A rapid-entry shoe comprising:
- a sole portion;
- an upper coupled to the sole portion, the upper defining an opening;
- and
- a rebounding portion;
- wherein the sole portion and the rebounding portion are coupled to define a contiguous structure,
- wherein the rapid-entry shoe has a collapsed configuration in which a perimeter of the opening is expanded;
- wherein the rapid-entry shoe has an uncollapsed configuration in which the perimeter of the opening is unexpanded;
- and
- wherein the rapid-entry shoe is biased by the rebounding portion toward the uncollapsed configuration.
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A rapid-entry shoe comprising:
- a sole portion including a base portion;
- an upper coupled to the sole portion, the upper defining an opening;
- and
- a rebounding portion including an extension portion and a base portion, the extension portion extending from the base portion at a medial side of the sole portion to a lateral side of the sole portion, the rebounding portion fixedly coupled to the upper, the base portion extending forward and rearward from a position at which the extension portion extends from the base portion;
- wherein the sole portion and the rebounding portion are a continuous structure;
- wherein the rapid-entry shoe has a collapsed configuration in which a perimeter of the opening is expanded;
- wherein the rapid-entry shoe has an uncollapsed configuration in which the perimeter of the opening is unexpanded;
- wherein the rapid-entry shoe is biased by the rebounding portion toward the uncollapsed configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.