Athletic shoe
OwnerPhilo K. Holland, IIIinventor
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Abstract
An athletic shoe adapted for controlling an object with the foot includes multiple planar object control surfaces and a vertically enhanced sole to provide maximum control surface area. The interior portion of the shoe is conformed to the wearer's foot to provide maximum foot dexterity and comfort.
Claims7
An athletic shoe for controlling an object for a game or the like, said shoe comprising a sole having a non-curved instep and a substantially planar object control surface extending from said instep.
An athletic shoe for controlling an object comprising:
- a sole, said sole having in substantially contiguous relation, a substantially planar toe portion, a substantially planar heel portion, substantially planar forward side portions and substantially planar rearward side portions extending between said toe and heel portions;
- an upper, said upper having a substantially planar forward upper portion for controlling an object;
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- substantially planar object control surface extending from said toe, heel and side portions of said sole at a predetermined angle.
An athletic shoe for controlling an object with the foot comprising:
- a sole;
- a forward object control surface;
- a rearward object control surface;
- an upper object control surface;
- a pair of forward lateral object control surfaces;
- a pair of rearward lateral object control surfaces;
- said object control surfaces being substantially planar and extending from said sole at an angle of less than 90.degree..
A sole for use with an athletic shoe for controlling an object for a game or the like, said sole comprising a non-curved instep portion and a plurality of object control surfaces extending therefrom at an angle of less than 90 degrees.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.