Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
036097000 | With adjustment of shoe size | 43 |
20090000151 | Sports shoe - A sports shoe which comprises a rigid sole from which a shell protrudes, starting from a forefoot region and up to a heel region, a quarter being rotatably associated with the shell. An insole is slidingly associated within the shell, at a bottom thereof, is provided with a tip and interacts with elements for adjusting and guiding its axial position with respect to the shell. | 01-01-2009 |
20090183392 | FOOTWEAR WITH ADJUSTABLE SIZE - An article of manufacture may be adjustable and may include a cage having a plurality of apertures and an insert having a frame with a plurality of projections that extend from the frame. The insert may be inserted into the cage and may cause the cage to expand to the shape of the insert. The projections on the frame may extend through the apertures of the cage when the insert is inserted into the cage. The cage may be capable of expanding to a plurality of sizes and shapes of various inserts. The article of manufacture may be an article of footwear, a container, an article of apparel, a textile, and any other object of manufacture. | 07-23-2009 |
20090249649 | Article of footwear including a sizing system - An article of footwear with a size-adjustable system capable of adjusting the size of the artifice of footwear is provided. The size-adjustable system comprises three sets of removable inserts. The inserts engage the article of footwear in the heel region of the upper to provide both space-filling in the heel region as well as stabilization of the foot. When each set of sizing inserts are disposed within the article of footwear, the size of the foot the article of footwear is capable of receiving is different. By providing a size-adjustable system, the article of footwear is capable of receiving multiple foot sizes, such as that of a growing child. | 10-08-2009 |
20090307929 | PERSONALLY ADJUSTABLE FOOTWEAR - Personally adjustable footwear with at least one sole layer including: a toe portion, a heel portion, and an intermediate portion. The intermediate portion has openings passing vertically through the layer so that the intermediate portion is elastically flexible to allow relative longitudinal displacement of the toe portion and the heel portion to vary. a length of the layer without significant variation in a thickness of the layer. A retention mechanism selectively fixes the toe and heel portions in any of a number of relative positions. Also disclosed are implementations with insertable and removable segments, and with elongated elements sliding in channels. | 12-17-2009 |
20090313854 | VERSATILE SANDAL HAVING ADJUSTABLE STRAPS - A sandal having easily adjustable straps that allows a user to quickly modify the tightness of the sandal to adjust to the exact dimensions of the user's foot in order to secure the most comfortable grip for either casual or athletic activities. The sandal exhibits a lightweight, robust, high strength, flexible construction including an elongated sole for supporting a foot, where the sole has a toe end and a heel end, a center toe strap, an interior strap, and an exterior strap. The toe strap is anchored in the toe and includes a distal end fixedly connected to a pivot means, such as a buckle, for securing and redirecting the side straps. The interior and exterior straps are fixedly secured near the middle of the sole of the sandal and extend forwardly with a slip fit through the front pivot means, then rearwardly back upon themselves. The interior and exterior straps have a free end portion on which a fastener device, such as a hook and loop strip is mounted, which allows it to be adjustably fashioned back upon itself. The adjustment of both the interior and exterior end straps allows the user to adjust the tightness of the sandal to prevent slippage and to secure the sandal snugly to the users foot, thereby minimizing the typical “flip-flop” movement and sound associated with nonadjustable sandals. | 12-24-2009 |
20100011621 | Expandable and adjustable baby shoe to enable a single pair of shoes to be worn by a baby up to 24 months of age - An expandable and adjustable baby shoe or bootie which can be customized to fit during a baby's first two years. The concept is to allow the baby shoe to be expanded as the baby's foot grows so that a single shoe can be used for babies up to 24 months of age. The shoe has an expansion mechanism which enables the front portion of the shoe to be progressively increased as the baby grows. The rear portion of the shoe also has a fastening mechanism whereby the rear area which surrounds the ankles can also be adjusted as the baby grows for a customized fit. The present invention can also be incorporated into a children's slipper as well as a baby shoe. | 01-21-2010 |
20100024248 | Article of Footwear with a Removable Heel Member - A sizing system for an article of footwear includes an insert attachable to the upper of the article of footwear. The insert is positioned within a pocket formed between the lining of the upper and the exterior shell of the upper. When attached to the upper, the insert forms a part of the exterior surface of the article of footwear. When the insert is removed, part of the pocket forms a portion of the exterior surface of the article of footwear or a flap is extended over the pocket to form a portion of the exterior surface of the article of footwear. The insert may be secured within the pocket using a mechanical fastener. | 02-04-2010 |
20100024249 | SOLE WITH EXTENSIBLE STRUCTURE, FOOTWEAR EQUIPPED WITH SAME AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING SAME - Sole with stretchable structure, a footwear article provided with such a sole and its assembly method | 02-04-2010 |
20100050473 | Exercise sneaker having a plurality of attachment points along an outer peripheral thereof for attaching an elastic band to perform exercise movements - A sneaker-like or exercise shoe with an adjustable, posterior heel strap that provides for a one size fits all configuration. A plurality of peripheral hook members are positioned around the mid-section and toe portion of the shoe for attaching an elastic or stretchable band. Specifically, the plurality of hook members are positioned (A) on the inside of the foot at the medial portion of the 1st metatarsal distal end; (B) on the outside of the foot at the lateral medial portion of the 5th metatarsal distal end; and (C) on the distal end of the 2nd metatarsal. At the back of the shoe the strap goes around the posterior calcaneus of a foot for adjustable sizes. | 03-04-2010 |
20100139122 | FIT ADJUSTABLE FOOTWEAR - A fit adjustable footwear, includes an insole, having a top layer and a bottom layer, mutually facing and kept spaced thereamong in correspondence of at least one length of the external peripheral edge thereof to slidably house a plurality of support elements arranged in a sequence and interconnected by a pulling element, the tensioning of which allows to radially let out, of a desired length, the support elements from the top and bottom layers. | 06-10-2010 |
20100175277 | Sole with Adjustable Sizing - A sole with adjustable sizing is disclosed. The sole includes a fixed region and an adjustable region. The adjustable region is deformable when the sole is heated to a melting point associated with the adjustable region. The shape and size of the sole may be adjusted by deforming the adjustable region. | 07-15-2010 |
20100275461 | Custom Fit System With Adjustable Last and Method for Custom Fitting Athletic Shoes - A system for custom fitting athletic shoes to an individual wearer includes a foot measurement device, an adjustable footform and an infrared activation chamber. Shoes of a single width for each length size have at least a portion of the upper made of heat malleable material to be custom fitted for width. Foot measurement data is used to calculate length size, width size and a number of custom adjustment factors. After the length size is calculated, the appropriately sized shoe and last are assembled together and subject to infrared radiation until the heat malleable material becomes plastic. Adjustments are then made to the last in accordance with the adjustment factors to provide custom width sizing. After further heat treatment to set the shoe upper and cooling, the shoe is complete. In this manner, if used in a retail setting, shoes are custom fitted to the wearer in a matter of minutes. | 11-04-2010 |
20110047826 | Girthwise adjustable shoe construction - A shoe construction providing improved means for the adjustment of its girthwise dimensions. | 03-03-2011 |
20110146105 | Shoe with improved fit - A shoe with improved fit, of the type comprising a sole and a shell made of plastics. Below the sole there is, in the toe region, a substantially longitudinally extended slot. At the sides of the slot there is a first seat and a second seat, respectively for a pivot and a cam-shaped bush. The pivot and the bush are associated at their ends with a plate arranged inside the sole. | 06-23-2011 |
20110232131 | Sports shoe - A sports shoe which comprises a rigid sole from which a shell protrudes, starting from a forefoot region and up to a heel region, a quarter being rotatably associated with the shell. An insole is slidingly associated within the shell, at a bottom thereof, is provided with a tip and interacts with elements for adjusting and guiding its axial position with respect to the shell. | 09-29-2011 |
20120304496 | Automatic girth adjustable shoes - Shoe constructions which automatically adjust the effective girth of a shoe to enable the shoe to change in girth throughout a day in accordance with changes in a wearer's foot, including along the upper and lower side edges of the ball, waist, and instep of the wearer. | 12-06-2012 |
20130125420 | EXPANDABLE SHOE - An expandable shoe has a top portion, a pair of side portions, a back portion, a sole, a heel and a first elastic member. The first elastic member joins the top portion to the pair of side portions at a critical location which is at the junction of the top portion and the side portions. The first elastic member is in the shape of an inverted “U” extending along the front of the shoe. The expandable shoe may further have a second elastic member joining the back portion to the side portions at the critical locations at the junctions of the back and side portions and the junctions of the back and the rear of the sole. The second elastic member is in the shape of an upright “U”. | 05-23-2013 |
20130152426 | Shoe comprising an element for variably adjusting shoe width - The invention relates to a shoe comprising an element for variably adjusting shoe width, wherein the shoe comprises a shoe shaft ( | 06-20-2013 |
20130276332 | ADJUSTABLE SHOE - An adjustable shoe has an expansion mechanism which enables the front portion of the shoe to be expanded. A flexible strap member fixedly attached at the toe area extends in a lengthwise direction between the toe area at the front of the shoe and an interior rim, the flexible strap member extending out of a cavity opening adjacent the interior rim. A pulling force on the flexible member in the lengthwise direction causes compression of the top section, the sole, and the sidewalls of the shoe, causing wrinkling, gathering, and creasing in the top section, and causing a portion of the sole at the front of the shoe to move toward the interior rim. | 10-24-2013 |
20130318826 | FOOT SLIDING PREVENTION PRODUCT - A foot sliding prevention product utilizes a unitary pad shaped to conform with the tapered toe section of a shoe, particularly a women's high heel shoe. The pad is sized to extend from the toe section of the shoe to an area short of the shoe's arch section. An arcuate shaped ridge member extends from one side of the pad to the other side. The ridge member is configured to be positioned within the toe joints of the wearer to prevent the foot from sliding down and forward in the shoe. | 12-05-2013 |
20130333244 | Girth adjustable shoe - An automatically girth-adjustable shoe construction for a foot with a normal or a higher than normal instep wherein the effective girth of the shoe is controlled by a means at the ball of the foot connected to a second means at the instep of the foot by a slidably movable girth-adjusting plate located below the midportion of the shoe. | 12-19-2013 |
20140041256 | EXPANDABLE SHOE WITH SLIDING INSOLE - A shoe design is expandable along its lengthwise axis utilizing one or both of a sliding outsole configuration or a sliding insole configuration. In one embodiment, the shoe has a multipart upper and/or multipart outsole interconnected by an expandable section made of a stretchable material which surrounds a pair of insole members arranged in an overlapping manner but allowed to move freely relative to one another as the expandable section expands or contracts. In one embodiment, the outsole of the shoe is slidably received within the heel of the shoe so as to allow for lengthwise expansion of the outsole as the upper portion of the shoe expands. | 02-13-2014 |
20140047739 | Footwear Securing systems - Devices for adjusting the fit of footwear, some examples including resilient laces operatively coupled to first retaining flaps of footwear, latching members including latches and lace receives sized to slidingly receive string portions of resilient laces and to restrict passage of retaining bodies of resilient laces, and latch couplers on second retaining flaps of footwear and configured to releasingly couple with lace couplers. In some examples, coupling latches to latch couplers tensions resilient laces and pulls first retaining flaps toward second retaining flaps. Some examples include first resilient laces and second resilient laces. Some examples including first resilient laces and second resilient laces include latching members including a first lace receiver sized to receive string portions of first resilient laces and second lace receivers sized to receive string portions of second resilient laces. Some examples are configured for adjusting the fit of apparel items defining eyelets. | 02-20-2014 |
20140059889 | Variable Length and Flexible Forefoot Shoe - The invention is a shoe that has a variable length and flexible shape realized because of a flexible sectional sole and a flexible upper corresponding to the forefoot section of the user's foot. These flexible portions of the shoe permit bending of the forefoot relative to the rest of the shoe to change the length and shape of the forefoot and the length of the upper vamp of the shoe in order to allow a player to achieve maximum results in sports where feet and shoes are the player's tools, where the shoe aids in using the maximum number of sweet spots of the shoe for control, distance, and accuracy. The invention is an improvement over the prior art by allowing a user to better approximate the natural flexibility of bare feet as opposed to rigid shoes that limit a player's ability to use the natural flexibility of their feet. | 03-06-2014 |
20140190039 | EXPANDABLE FOOTWEAR FOR CHILDREN - An expandable bootie is disclosed. The bootie includes a main body composed of fabric, wherein the main body is shaped in the form of a foot having a longitudinal axis, and a zipper that commences at a toe portion of the main body, and extends in a spiral path around the main body such that the spiral path twists at least three hundred and sixty degrees around the main body. The bootie further includes a portion of fabric disposed between mating tape members of the zipper, wherein when the zipper is closed the portion of fabric is contracted and wherein when the zipper is open the portion of fabric is extended and the main body has a longer longitudinal length, and a strap comprising a strip extending substantially horizontally and connected to an ankle portion of the main body. | 07-10-2014 |
20140259774 | Ballet Shoe - A ballet technique shoe has a forefoot piece and a heel piece connected by an elastic gusset, and has an elastic drawstring sleeve around the opening of the shoe which contains an elastic drawstring. An opening in the elastic drawstring sleeve is located on the side of the shoe near the ankle so that the drawstring is tied at the side area of the foot. The shoe includes an outsole and a shock absorbing insole. | 09-18-2014 |
20140259775 | GIRTH ADJUSTABLE SHOE - An automatically girth-adjustable shoe construction wherein the effective girth of the shoe is controlled by longitudinally elastic fabric tape means that adjust to the girth of the wearers foot while holding it relatively centered transversely in the shoe at all girth adjustments thereof. | 09-18-2014 |
20140345161 | Article Of Footwear Including A Sizing System - An article of footwear with a size-adjustable system capable of adjusting the size of the artifice of footwear is provided. The size-adjustable system comprises three sets of removable inserts. The inserts engage the article of footwear in the heel region of the upper to provide both space-filling in the heel region as well as stabilization of the foot. When each set of sizing inserts are disposed within the article of footwear, the size of the foot the article of footwear is capable of receiving is different. By providing a size-adjustable system, the article of footwear is capable of receiving multiple foot sizes, such as that of a growing child. | 11-27-2014 |
20150128451 | Article of Footwear with a Removable Heel Member - A sizing system for an article of footwear includes an insert attachable to the upper of the article of footwear. The insert is positioned within a pocket formed between the lining of the upper and the exterior shell of the upper. When attached to the upper, the insert forms a part of the exterior surface of the article of footwear. When the insert is removed, part of the pocket forms a portion of the exterior surface of the article of footwear or a flap is extended over the pocket to form a portion of the exterior surface of the article of footwear. The insert may be secured within the pocket using a mechanical fastener. | 05-14-2015 |
20150305432 | MAGNETIC FOOTWEAR FASTENERS AND MAGNETIC FOOTWEAR UTILIZING THE SAME - Magnetic footwear, magnetic footwear fasteners, magnetic couplers, and methods of utilizing the same are disclosed herein. A magnetic footwear fastener includes a pair of magnetic couplers that are selectively (magnetically) coupled together, such as to selectively secure footwear in a closed, or sized, configuration around a wearer's foot when magnetic coupling regions of the pair of magnetic couplers are magnetically coupled together. The magnetic couplers also include mechanical coupling regions that are configured to be attached to footwear, either in a temporary or permanent manner. When the magnetic couplers are temporarily coupled to the footwear, the mechanical coupling region of each magnetic coupler may include one or more coupler eyelets through which the footwear's lace extends. When the magnetic couplers are permanently coupled to the footwear, the mechanical coupling regions thereof may be integrated into the shell, tongue, vamp, or other upper region of the footwear. | 10-29-2015 |
20150342288 | FOOT TREATMENT SLIPPER - A slipper for use in applying moisture to only predetermined areas of a person's foot and including a toe enclosing portion and a heal engaging portion that are movably connected to one another and wherein the toe enclosing portion includes a non liquid absorbing sole and an upper secured to the sole so as to define a cavity in which at least a person's toes may be received, and wherein the upper includes an outer non liquid absorbent cover layer and an inner liquid absorbent material layer, and the heel engaging portion includes an inner liquid absorbent material oriented toward an opening into the cavity of the toe enclosing portion and at least an outer covering layer of non liquid absorbent material. | 12-03-2015 |
20150351487 | Soccer Boot - The invention is a soccer boot adapted by the movement of a player's foot to provide a full spectrum of boot positions for better performance on the soccer field with three identified positions: an outsole neutral position, an outsole up position and an outsole down position. The unique components of the boot are a plurality of vamp upper wavy sinusoidal preformed expandable wrinkles and a plurality of outsole wavy sinusoidal preformed expandable wrinkles. The outsole neutral position is naturally selected by the player foot by partially straightening the plurality of vamp wrinkles and simultaneously partially straightening the outsole wrinkles. The outsole up position is naturally selected by the player foot by fully buckling the vamp wrinkles and fully stretching the outsole wrinkles. The outsole down position is naturally selected by the player foot by fully stretching the vamp wrinkles and fully buckling the outsole wrinkles. | 12-10-2015 |
20150366288 | ADJUSTABLE FOOTWEAR WITH AN INTEGRATED UNIT SOLE - The present disclosure relates to footwear, including at least shoes and boots. The footwear includes a single unit integrated adjustable sole. Additionally, the present disclosure is directed to methods of manufacture of such footwear. The footwear includes a variable sole length. The integrated sole includes a single unit adjustable sub-assembly, a front sole, and a rear sole. The adjustable sub-assembly includes a front portion, a rear portion, and multiple mid sidewall portions that are longitudinally positioned between the front portion and the rear portion. The integrated sole includes a sole sidewall that is formed by at least the mid sidewalls and sidewalls of the front and rear soles. The adjustable sub-assembly is longitudinally positioned between and coupled to each of the front and rear soles. The sole length is varied by varying the adjustable sub-assembly length. A footwear upper is coupled to the integrated sole to form the adjustable footwear. | 12-24-2015 |
20160000174 | ADJUSTABLE WALKING APPARATUS - A walking apparatus is provided that includes a sole having an adjustable length, the sole comprising a heel portion, a forefoot portion operatively coupled to the heel portion, the forefoot portion configured for adjustment from a first position to at least one other position relative to the heel portion, wherein a length of the sole is configured to adjust from a first length to a second length when the forefoot portion is adjusted from the first position to the at least one other position. | 01-07-2016 |
20160015118 | Article of Footwear With Decoupled Upper - An article of footwear including a connecting member is disclosed. The connecting member provides partial decoupling between the upper and the sole structure. The connecting member can include an upper layer and a lower layer that are attached at a central attachment portion. | 01-21-2016 |
20160015119 | Article of Footwear With Decoupled Upper - An article of footwear including a connecting member is disclosed. The connecting member provides partial decoupling between the upper and the sole structure. The connecting member can include an upper layer and a lower layer that are attached at a central attachment portion. | 01-21-2016 |
20160029746 | Article Of Footwear With Channels In Sole Structure - An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure. A set of tensioning members extend over the upper and into channels formed in the sole structure. The tensioning members travel through the channels and exit a rear opening of the sole structure where they may be tensioned using a manual or automatic tensioning device. | 02-04-2016 |
20160044994 | CLOSURE SYSTEM AND/OR SHOE CONFIGURATIONS FOR ENHANCING THE PERFORMANCE OF RUNNING SHOES - A shoe may include a sole and an upper. The upper may have a medial side and a lateral side that each have an edge positioned on opposing side of the shoe's tongue. The upper's medial side and/or the upper's lateral side may include stiffened regions and flexible regions with each stiffened region being disposed between two flexible regions so that the stiffened regions are moveable relative to one another upon tensioning of the medial and lateral sides of the upper. The opposing edges of the upper's medial and lateral sides may be substantially linear or straight prior to tensioning of the upper's medial and lateral sides and may be substantially uneven or nonlinear subsequent to tensioning of the upper's medial and lateral sides due to relative movement of the stiffened regions. | 02-18-2016 |
20160073739 | Article Of Footwear With Adjustable Fitting System - An article of footwear includes a fitting system with an upper member that is supported by the upper and a strand guide that is supported by the sole structure. The strand guide is flexible and flexes in concert with the sole structure. The strand guide has a guide surface. The fitting system further includes a tensioning system with a flexible strand that is configured to bias the upper member toward the strand guide. The flexible strand has a first section coupled to the upper member and a second section extending through the sole structure. The second section abuts the guide surface. The second section is configured to slide across the guide surface as a result of flexure of the strand guide. The first section and the upper member are configured to move relative to the sole structure as a result of sliding of the second section across the guide surface. | 03-17-2016 |
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