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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2020
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tyler Susko, Oakland, CA (US);
Elliot Hawkes, Goleta, CA (US);
Erinn Sloan, Oak Park, CA (US);
Matthew Ryan Devlin, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 13/16 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01); A43B 13/26 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 13/122 (2013.01); A43B 13/16 (2013.01); A43B 13/186 (2013.01); A43B 13/26 (2013.01); A43B 23/025 (2013.01); A43B 23/0265 (2013.01);
Abstract
A variable friction shoe includes a midsole and an outsole. The outsole includes at least a first high-friction surface and at least a first low-friction surface, wherein the first low-friction surface remains prominent if vertical ground reaction forces (GRFs) are low and wherein the high-friction surface is prominent in response to increasing GRFs.