Footbed system with variable sized heel cups
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsJohn J. Erickson, Douglas K. Robinson
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Abstract
A footbed system is disclosed which includes at least one sole pad and at least two heel cups. Each heel cup including a base and a side wall extending from the base on the medial and lateral sides thereof. The volume of the side walls of each heel cup is varied to accommodate different width heels of users. The volume is modified by changing the height and/or thickness of the heel cup side walls. A cushion is coupled to the lower surface of the sole pad in a forefoot region and a damper is coupled to the lower surface of the sole pad in a heel region. The sole pad is detachably connectable to the heel cup that best accommodates the user's heel width.
Claims23
A shoe, comprising:
- a sole pad;
- a first heel cup including a first base and a first side wall extending upwardly from the first base, the first heel cup having a first volume of the first side wall;
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- a second heel cup including a second base and a second side wall extending upwardly from the second base, the second heel cup having a second volume of the second side wall, the second volume being different from the first volume;
- wherein the heel cups are interchangeably coupled to the sole pad;
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- wherein the first heel cup further includes a first height of the first side wall and the second heel cup further includes a second height of the second side wall, wherein said second height is different from the first height so that the second volume is different from the first volume.
A shoe, comprising:
- a sole pad;
- a selected heel cup selected from a group of heel cups, the group of heel cups including a first heel cup and a second heel cup;
- wherein the first heel cup includes a first base and a first side wall extending upwardly from the first base, the first side wall having a first volume;
- wherein the second heel cup includes a second base and a second side wall extending upwardly from the second base, the second side wall having a second volume, the second volume being different than the first volume;
- and
- wherein the heel cups of the group of heel cups are interchangeably coupleable to the sole pad wherein the first side wall is of a first height and the second side wall is of a second height, wherein the second height is different than the first height so that the second volume is different than the first volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.