Boots – shoes – and leggings – Boots and shoes – Occupational or athletic shoe
Reexamination Certificate
1999-06-17
2001-03-06
Sewell, Paul T. (Department: 3728)
Boots, shoes, and leggings
Boots and shoes
Occupational or athletic shoe
C036S136000, C036S054000, C036S115000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06195920
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to articles of footwear, and more particularly to articles of footwear adapted to support the traditional functions of footwear as well as to facilitate sliding over, for instance, a pipe, a rail, an edged surface or the like.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In our earlier application Ser. No. 08/890,595, filed Jul. 9, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,006,451, we disclosed a grinding shoe apparatus incorporating a grind plate recessed upwardly into the bottom surface of a shoe sole for grinding along a support surface such as a rail or pipe or the like. This shoe apparatus itself, while having enjoyed considerable commercial success, has not satisfied all the needs in the marketplace. First, active athletes often carry with them numerous different items such as keys, chewing gum, screw tools or other small portable objects such as coins or folded bills or the like to which the user might want to access throughout the day. Thus, there exists a need for a grind shoe apparatus which incorporates storage capability for such objects so they can be easily accessed for usage during the time that the shoes are worn.
Further, athletes have come to appreciate that different style and shaped grind plates may be preferable for different applications and maneuvers. Thus, it is desirable to provide a grind shoe apparatus including a set of grind plates having different configurations for performing under different conditions. It has been found that for some maneuvers that the shoe apparatus incorporate a grind plate with a relatively high rise in an trough shaped plate thus dictating that the sole have a substantial height thereto so as to accommodate recess of the plate up into the sole itself. This then gives the shoe a rather distinctive appearance, particularly with the grind plate in position. It is desirable that such shoes be adaptable to be worn in certain environments having minimum attire requirements, requirements that would prohibit wearing of such a shoe which exhibits such a distinctive expression of athleticism. Consequently, there is a need for a grind shoe of this type which is convertible to an appearance other than that of a grind shoe itself. It is these needs to which the various embodiments of the present invention address.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The footwear apparatus of the present invention is characterized by a shoe sole having an upwardly raised recess therein to moveably receive a grind plate. The grind plate is formed on its bottom side with a low co-efficient of friction slide surface and on its top side with a rib work nesting against the top side of the recess and configured with a compartment for receipt of storable components. A fastener device is provided for removably fastening the plate to the shoe so that it can be removed for storage and retrieval of articles from such storage compartment.
In one embodiment, the footwear apparatus of the present invention includes a set of grind plates, one grind plate for use in sliding across a support surface such as a rail or the like and another grind plate which is in the form of a dummy plate to be removably fastened in the recess to camouflage the shoe itself as an ungrind shoe.
Other features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate, by way of example, the features of the invention.
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patent: 2897609 (1959-08-01), Bodkin
patent: 2904901 (1959-09-01), Goldstein
patent: 5655316 (1997-08-01), Huang
patent: 5921008 (1999-07-01), Ruff
patent: 6006451 (1999-12-01), Morris et al.
Inman David G.
Kelley Benjamin B.
Morris Christopher H.
Artemis Innovations Inc.
Fulwider Patton Lee & Utecht LLP
Sewell Paul T.
Stashick Anthony
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