Patent Application
20170055641
The embodiments herein relate generally to articles of apparel. In particular embodiments relate to footwear.
Prior to embodiments of the disclosed invention, podiatry issues such as bunions, blistering and chaffing resulted from ill-fitting shoes. This occurred, in part, from straps and upper parts being anchored in positions that could not be adjusted in standard manufacturing of shoes. Embodiments of the disclosed invention solve these problems.
Footwear is configured to be worn by a wearer's foot. The footwear includes a sole further comprises an outer sole. A central portion is formed within the outer sole. A seat piece is connected to the central portion and further comprising a notch receiver. A heel carrier plane is attached to an underside of central portion with a heel ramp. A heel carrier is attached to the heel carrier plane. A high heel is attached to the heel carrier.
In some embodiments, a rail system attachment cavity is immediately adjacent to the outer sole. A plurality of heel carrier cavities and a plurality of heel carrier alignment notches are formed within the heel carrier plane. A threaded insert is inserted into each heel carrier cavity.
A plurality of heel carrier attachment points are attached to the heel carrier. A screw, inserted through a heel carrier attachment points into a heel carrier cavity. A rail system, is inserted into the rail system attachment cavity and further comprising a plurality of equally spaced rail system cavities.
A clip is connected to the outer sole and the rail system. The clip includes a clip tail, joined to a clip round which terminates in a plurality of clip teeth. Clip ribs are attached to the clip round and configured to reinforce the clip. A clip round axis is orthogonal to the clip round. A clip tail axis is parallel to the clip tail. A clip angle is measured counterclockwise from the clip round axis to the clip tail axis. The clip angle θ is at least 60 degrees but no more than 120 degrees.
The detailed description of some embodiments of the invention is made below with reference to the accompanying figures, wherein like numerals represent corresponding parts of the figures.
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Inner mid sole plate 30 further comprises ball portion 32. Inner mid sole plate 30 should be made of a very rigid and strong material and act and takes place of a traditional shoe shank that helps support central portion 20. Ball portion 32 is attached to a plurality of toe risers 34 that are spaced by channels 36. Channels 36 permit heat to pass from the wearer. Ball portion 32 is further attached to inner mid sole risers 38. Inner mid sole risers 38 are separated by inner mid sole riser channels 40. There are a plurality of inner mid sole riser channels exhaust ports 42 through inner mid sole riser channels 40 and are aligned with exhaust ports 22. Inner mid sole plate 30 further comprises notch 44 which slides into notch receiver 26.
Mid sole hook fastener 46 is attached to seat piece 24 and rests upon inner mid sole risers 38. A toe box hook fastener 48 is attached to each of the plurality of toe risers 34. ball portion 32 is connected to ball pad 50. Ball pad 50 further comprises a plurality of ball pad channels 52. The plurality of ball pad channels 52 are sweat channels that correspond to the plurality of toe risers 34 and the front of the inner mid sole riser channels 40. In some embodiments, ball pad 50 can be made from a synthetic viscoelastic urethane polymer used as a shock absorber and vibration damper such as the one sold under the trademark SORBOTHANE.
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Heel carrier 68 further comprises a plurality of heel carrier attachment points 70. To attach Heel carrier 68 to heel carrier plane 58 first arrange the heel carrier alignment notches 64 between the plurality of heel carrier attachment points 70 then insert a screw 72 through each heel carrier attachment points 70 and into threaded insert 66.
Rail system 74 is formed from a strong rubber material that can flex and sit into rail system attachment cavity 52. Rail system 74 further comprises a plurality of equally spaced rail system cavities 76.
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Heel carrier 68 further comprises heel carrier spring pin cavities 142 allow the heel carrier spring pin 144 to pass through heel carrier 68. Heel carrier arm 146 is made of a very rigid and strong nylon material. Heel carrier arm 146 is used to hold heel carrier dove tails 148 in place. Heel carrier arm teeth 150 comes in contact with a high heel dove tail shelf 152. Heel carrier arm teeth 150 holds back high heel 154 from falling away from the heel carrier 68.
Heel 154 is made of a rigid and strong material and can be of a variety of shapes and sizes. Heel 154 further comprises heel shaft cavity 156 which is configured to accommodate heel pin 158 with heel pin shaft 160. Heel pin 158 allows heel 154 to grip a surface that the wearer is walking on. Heel 154 further comprises heel tube 162 which is configured to permit button 140 to pass through.
Heel pin 164 can be configured with a slight angle in the back to help take pressure off lower back when taking a stride. Heel tube 166 secures heel pin 164 so that heel 154 does not break if there is a moment arm on heal pin 164.
As used in this application, the term “a” or “an” means “at least one” or “one or more.”
As used in this application, the term “about” or “approximately” refers to a range of values within plus or minus 10% of the specified number.
As used in this application, the term “substantially” means that the actual value is within about 10% of the actual desired value, particularly within about 5% of the actual desired value and especially within about 1% of the actual desired value of any variable, element or limit set forth herein.
All references throughout this application, for example patent documents including issued or granted patents or equivalents, patent application publications, and non-patent literature documents or other source material, are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entireties, as though individually incorporated by reference, to the extent each reference is at least partially not inconsistent with the disclosure in the present application (for example, a reference that is partially inconsistent is incorporated by reference except for the partially inconsistent portion of the reference).
A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever.
Any element in a claim that does not explicitly state “means for” performing a specified function, or “step for” performing a specified function, is not to be interpreted as a “means” or “step” clause as specified in 35 U.S.C. §112, ¶6. In particular, any use of “step of” in the claims is not intended to invoke the provision of 35 U.S.C. §112, ¶6.
Persons of ordinary skill in the art may appreciate that numerous design configurations may be possible to enjoy the functional benefits of the inventive systems. Thus, given the wide variety of configurations and arrangements of embodiments of the present invention the scope of the invention is reflected by the breadth of the claims below rather than narrowed by the embodiments described above.
This application claims priority to provisional patent application U.S. Ser. No. 62/213,059 filed on Sep. 1, 2016, the entire contents of which is herein incorporated by reference.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62213059 | Sep 2015 | US |
