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:
Sep. 23, 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 sole and an upper having a heel counter with a heel cup. The upper includes a foot receiving shoe opening. The heel cup is uniformly molded with an upper portion, midportion, and lower portion. On a vertical cross-section, the heel cup has a S wave shape and a thickness of the heel cup decreases gradually from a peripheral portion of the heel cup toward a central region of the heel cup. The heel cup is attached to an interior compressible layer, and the compressible layer extends into the shoe opening. The compressible layer may be compressed by a user's foot during insertion or removal of the user's foot, and may at least partially expand to hold an ankle of the user's foot once the foot is inserted.