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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2025
Skechers U.s.a., Inc. Ii, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
John Maxwell Weeks, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Scott Kelley, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Frank 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
The shoe includes a sole and an upper having a foot-receiving shoe opening. The shoe includes a heel cup in a heel region, the heel cup having a central region, peripheral portions, and a top portion, mid-portion, and lower portion extending through the central region and the peripheral portions. The top portion, mid-portion, and lower portion form a vertical cross-sectional 'S' wave shape through the central region of the heel cup. The shoe includes a compressible material layer positioned along regions of an inner wall of the heel cup facing an interior of the shoe upper corresponding to a portion of the central region of the heel cup. The compressible material layer protrudes into the shoe opening along the central region corresponding to the top portion and tapers towards the portion of the central region corresponding to the lower portion.