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US 7,168,190 B1Granted
Collapsible shoe
AssigneeReebok International Ltd.
InventorAndrew Gillespie
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Abstract
An article of footwear including an upper formed of a flexible upper material and a sole formed of a flexible sole material, wherein the sole is rolled, folded, or collapsed onto itself to reduce the volume of the article of footwear. The article of footwear in a collapsed state can then be packaged in a container. This container can be dispensed by a vending machine in a convenient urban area.
Claims13
An article of footwear comprising:
- an upper;
- a sole adjacent said upper;
- and
- a sock liner disposed in said article of footwear;
- wherein said sole and said sock liner have corresponding flexure lines, said flexure lines including:
- a first flexure line in said sole that extends longitudinally through substantially an entire length of the sole and a first flexure line in said sock liner which corresponds with said first flexure line in said sole;
- a second flexure line in said sole that extends longitudinally through only a portion of the length of the sole and a second flexure line in said sock liner which corresponds with said second flexure line in said sole;
- and
- a plurality of third flexure lines in said sole that extend laterally from a medial side to a lateral side of the sole and a plurality of third flexure lines in said sock liner which correspond with said third flexure lines in said sole.
6 more elements
An article of footwear comprising:
- an upper;
- a sole structure, the sole structure comprising a connecting portion positioned adjacent the upper and a plurality of discrete sole elements extending downward from the connecting portion, the sole elements being separated by a plurality of flexure lines that extend upward into the sole structure;
- and
- an insole having a plurality of flexure lines that correspond with positions of at least a portion of the flexure lines that extend upward into the sole structure, wherein the flexure lines include:
- a first flexure line in said sole structure that extends longitudinally through substantially an entire length of the sole structure and a first flexure line in the insole which corresponds with said first flexure line in said sole structure;
- a second flexure line in said sole structure that extends longitudinally through only a portion of the length of the sole structure and a second flexure line in the insole which corresponds with said second flexure line in said sole structure;
- and
- a plurality of third flexure lines in said sole structure that extend laterally from a medial side to a lateral side of the sole structure and a plurality of third flexure lines in the insole which correspond with said third flexure lines in said sole structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.