Boots – shoes – and leggings – Boots and shoes – Occupational or athletic shoe
Patent
1987-04-09
1989-08-29
Meyers, Steven N.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
Boots and shoes
Occupational or athletic shoe
36 50, 128611, A43B 714, A43B 1100
Patent
active
048604640
ABSTRACT:
A foot support structure attached to the outsole of a shoe to provide support to the medial arch and to girth the midfoot in a sling configuration is disclosed. The support structure includes a plurality of sling straps attached to the outsole in positions beneath the upper and lower columns of the foot. In one embodiment, the sling straps which are attached beneath the upper, medial column are mounted in an arcuate slot in the upper surface of the outsole. The sling straps attached beneath the lower, lateral column are mounted in a linear slot in the upper surface of the outsole. By the present invention, the position of the foot relative to the shoe is maintained due to anchoring of the transverse sling in the outsole, and this is accomplished without pulling or pushing the medial longitudinal arch to the shoe. the sling straps are positioned relative to the outsole so as to coincide with certain anatomical landmarks of the foot. The straps are each capable of being adjusted for length independently.
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McGregor Rob R.
Mintel Thomas E.
Misevich Kenneth W.
Ancel Richard J.
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Grill Murray M.
Meyers Steven N.
Sullivan Robert C.
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