Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Water skimming or walking device
Patent
1991-10-07
1993-01-26
Basinger, Sherman
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Water skimming or walking device
36114, B63B 3581
Patent
active
051818736
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to improved water sport footwear designed for wearing during gliding on the surface of water with the bottom of the footwear contacting the water during the gliding process. The footwear includes a boot portion and a sole assembly which is fixedly attached to the boot portion. The size of the sole assembly is not considerably greater than the boot portion itself. The sole assembly is formed from with a rigid upper plate and a soft, impact absorbing bottom plate, the bottom surface of which contacts the water. A continuous shoe portion mounting wall extends upwardly from the top plate and defines an area within which the shoe portion is secured to the top plate and the mounting plate. The mounting wall is formed unitary with the upper plate and the bottom, and upper plates and the mounting wall form a composite unitary sole assembly.
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patent: 4366634 (1983-01-01), Giese et al.
patent: 5078633 (1992-01-01), Tolbert, Jr.
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