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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2022
Drake Labs, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Stephan Drake, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Robert John Horacek, Park City, UT (US);
Raymond Alfred Horacek, Yokohama, JP;
Drake Labs, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A customizable footwear assembly and manufacturing method. The footwear assembly having a plantar shell and dorsal shell forming a caging system. The plantar shell has a contour shaped to conform with a bottom surface contour of the wearer's foot. An upper perimeter portion forms an opening to the interior area configured to receive at least a portion of the wearer's foot therethrough. A dorsal shell has a shaped to conform with an upper surface contour of the wearer's foot. The dorsal shell is movable between open and closed positions relative to the interior area of the plantar shell. The dorsal shell has an outer perimeter portion configured to engage the upper perimeter portion of the plantar shell to form a caging system that transfer loads between the dorsal and plantar shells when the dorsal shell is in the closed position and during use of the footwear by the wearer.