Boots – shoes – and leggings – Shanks
Patent
1993-12-22
1995-09-26
Sewell, Paul T.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
Shanks
36108, A43B 1342
Patent
active
054525268
ABSTRACT:
An article of footwear, such as a soccer boot (1) or training shoe has a sole (5) incorporating a stiffener (8;22,23) . The stiffener comprises a first portion (10;22) which stiffens the waist or shank of the sole and so resists transverse flexure, and a second portion (11;23) which both stiffens the fore-part of the sole and provides resilience to cause or assist in returning the fore-part of the sole to its original shape after it has been subjected, in use, to transverse flexure as the result of flexure of the wearer's foot at the ball of the foot. The stiffness of the second portion is less than the stiffness of the first portion. The stiffening (8) may be formed as a unitary body, with the forward end of the first portion integral with or united with the rear end of the second portion.
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Hilliard Thomas P.
Sewell Paul T.
Trisport Limited
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