Boots – shoes – and leggings – Soles – Cushion
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-04
2005-10-04
Kavanaugh, Ted (Department: 3728)
Boots, shoes, and leggings
Soles
Cushion
C036S028000, C036S00300B
Reexamination Certificate
active
06951066
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein is a shoe construction for providing increased cushioning effects. The shoe includes a sole, a footbed, and a layer of a plurality of deformable protrusions disposed between at least a portion of the sole and the footbed, particularly in the heel and the forefoot area of the shoe. Each of the protrusions includes a tip facing and freely movable with respect to a lower surface of the footbed. Each of the protrusions also includes a base fixedly attached to the sole so that the base does not move relative to said sole. The protrusions provide cushioning by bending when a foot presses down upon them. An alternate embodiment shows the cushioning sole adapted for use in a sandal.
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Translating of FR 1302331 previosly cited.
Kavanaugh Ted
Sterne Kessler Goldstein and Fox P.L.L.C.
The Rockport Company, LLC
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