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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2024
Skechers U.s.a., Inc. Ii, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
John Maxwell Weeks, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Scott Kelley, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Frank F Chuang, Cypress, CA (US);
Pei-Chun Liao, Torrance, CA (US);
Johnson Tja, Foshan, CN;
Hui Xie, Dongguan, CN;
Kurt Stockbridge, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Skechers U.S.A., Inc. II, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A shoe includes a heel counter with a heel cup. The heel cup may be uniformly molded with an upper portion, midportion, and a lower portion. The upper portion has a smaller mediolateral length than the midportion, and a thickness of the heel cup decreases from a peripheral portion of the heel cup toward a central region of the midportion. The central region of the midportion provides flexibility of the heel cup, and the rearmost portion of the heel cup has an overall vertical S wave cross-sectional shape.