Boots – shoes – and leggings – Boots and shoes – Sandals
Patent
1996-06-14
1999-08-03
Patterson, M. D.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
Boots and shoes
Sandals
36 81, 36141, A43B 312, A61F 514
Patent
active
059309164
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed are footwear products incorporating the use of natural materials therein, and more particularly, disclosed are insoles, liners, and footwear incorporating loofah material. The loofah material is arranged so as to provide direct contact with a user foot in order to avail to the user foot the loofah therapeutic benefits of skin massaging, exfoliation of the skin, increased blood flow and ventilation, and the wearability benefits of a non-slip surface and evacuation of foreign objects from direct contact from a user foot. The insoles are at least partially formed of loofah material and can be provided in a flat or contoured form. As another embodiment, the loofah insole is provided as part of a loofah sandal arrangement which incorporates sandal straps and sandals fasteners for attachment to a user foot in a sandal arrangement. An additional embodiment is directed to the form a loofah liner which can be permanently or removably insertable into footwear so as to afford an arrangement providing a lining of loofah material within at least a portion of a cavity of a footwear.
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