The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Biofootpad, Inc., Poway, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dyson Lister Hamner, Poway, CA (US);
Theodore Voorhees Tillinghast, Cardiff, CA (US);
Joseph John Jankiewicz, Coronado, CA (US);
Mark Tabin McBride, Coronado, CA (US);
Assignee:
BioFoot Pad, Incorporated, Poway, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 7/14 (2006.01); A43B 13/38 (2006.01); A43B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 7/144 (2013.01); A43B 7/141 (2013.01); A43B 7/149 (2013.01); A43B 7/1475 (2013.01); A43B 13/383 (2013.01); A43B 17/026 (2013.01);
Abstract
A shoe having a bio foot pad, including a plurality of circumferential elastic fibers surrounded by a viscoelastic material; wherein said fibers impart a biphasic characteristic to said viscoelastic material; and wherein said fibers under compression develop a plurality of hoop stresses to facilitate load conversion and distribution of axial forces exerted against a heel area of a user.