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US 9,516,920 B1Granted
Footwear structure
OwnerJoseph A. DeRoseinventor
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Abstract
A footwear structure comprising a shoe having sidewalls and including gaps provided in the sidewalls extending from the sole and positioned on either side of the footwear in alignment with the medial and lateral malleoli; closure systems are provided to partially close the gaps for applying a selected force to the wearer's foot through internal pads bridging the respective gap and contacting the wearer's foot.
Claims7
A footwear structure for a wearer's foot comprising:
- (a) a shoe having a toe box, a heel cap, an inner or medial sidewall and an outer or lateral sidewall connecting the toe and heel cap, and having an insole and a midsole;
- (b) a first gap in the medial sidewall extending upwardly from the insole and adapted to be aligned with the wearer's medial malleolus;
- (c) a second gap in the lateral sidewall extending upwardly from the insole and adapted to be aligned with a wearer's lateral malleolus;
- wherein the first gap is positioned, in a longitudinal direction of the shoe, forward of the second gap;
- (d) The position of the first and second gaps adapted to provide an external malleolar torsion of from 13° to 18°;
- (e) a first adjustable closure system mounted on said sidewall for adjustably closing said first gap;
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- (f) a second adjustable closure system mounted on said sidewall for adjustably closing said second gap.
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A footwear structure for a wearer's foot comprising:
- (a) a shoe having a toe box, a heel cap, an inner or medial sidewall and an outer or lateral sidewall connecting the toe and heel cap, and having an insole and a midsole;
- (b) a first gap in the medial sidewall extending upwardly from the insole and adapted to be aligned with a wearer's medial malleolus;
- (c) a second gap in the lateral sidewall extending upwardly from the insole and adapted to be aligned with a wearer's lateral malleolus;
- wherein the first gap is positioned, in a longitudinal direction of the shoe, forward of the second gap;
- (d) the position of the first and second gaps adapted to provide an external malleolar torsion of from 13° to 18°;
- (e) a first adjustable closure system mounted on said sidewall for adjustably closing said first gap;
- (f) a second adjustable closure system mounted on said sidewall for adjustably closing said second gap;
- (g) a first pad mounted in said shoe extending across said first gap for contacting the wearer's foot and transmitting force thereto;
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- (h) a second pad mounted in said shoe extending across said second gap for contacting the wearer's foot and transforming force thereto.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.