Boots – shoes – and leggings – Boots and shoes – Foot-supporting or foot-conforming feature
Patent
1991-08-19
1993-10-19
Meyers, Steven N.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
Boots and shoes
Foot-supporting or foot-conforming feature
36114, 36 29, 36 71, A43B 706, A43B 714
Patent
active
052534359
ABSTRACT:
A bladder assembly for an athletic shoe and having at least first and second chambers. The chambers are independently and separately pressure adjustable by the user to conform to different concavity areas of his foot, such as the arch, ankle and metatarsal areas, to thereby enhance fit, comfort and athletic performance. Both chambers are inflatable by the same articulated on-board pump and deflatable by the same on-board depressible plunger. A dial on the lateral side of the upper allows the user to select which of the chambers is to be pressure adjusted, that is, which of the chambers is in pressure communication with the pump and the plunger. When the dial is in a neutral position, accidental inflation or deflation of either chamber is prevented.
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Auger Perry W.
Aveni Michael A.
Kilgore Bruce J.
Potter Daniel R.
Kavanaugh Ted
Meyers Steven N.
Nike Inc.
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