Genesco, Inc.

Roy N Helton

James R Vinson

Colin Elliot

Robert T Garrett

Robert A Dorris

Michael D Brandon

Don G Roney

The invention relates to a shoe configured to provide comfort for use in dry conditions and to facilitate water removal in wet conditions. The shoe includes two removable inserts&#x2014;one specifically configured for dry conditions and one specifically configured for wet conditions. Embodiments of the shoe include an upper, an innersole, an outsole and a first removable insert. The insert may include a plurality of holes and a plurality of protrusions on its bottom surface to aid in water removal. The outsole may include a wicking textile on its upper surface and at least one drain hole for aiding in the removal of water from the shoe. The drain hole(s) slopes upwardly from the outsole toward the wicking textile.

Water draining shoe

A styled shoe construction designed for comfort including a flexible, durable, synthetic outsole member having a narrow heel or tongue portion received in the recess of a styled leather heel. The shoe construction further includes a synthetic fiberboard insole member in which its backpart area is substantially rigid while its forepart area is substantially flexible, is lightweight, breathable, and water-absorptive, and is cement-lasted between the inturned marginal edges of a styled leather upper and the top surfaces of the marginal edges of the outsole member and heel. A highly resilient elongated urethane foam bottom filler is received within the cavity between the insole member and the outsole member, and a heel cushion member preferably of the same material as the bottom filler is secured to the top backpart surface of the insole member. Secured on the top of the heel member and insole member is an elongated socklining insert member of foam material covered with a leather lining, to provide maximum conformity for the foot, wear, flexibility, and comfort without sacrifice of exterior styling.

Styled comfort shoe construction

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Smyrna, TN, United States of America

Roy N Helton