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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2024
Skechers U.s.a., Inc. Ii, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Jennifer Fosburg, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Bin Wang, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Skechers U.S.A., Inc. II, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A shoe has a heel counter with heel cup. The heel cup has an upper portion with a top edge having medial elevated point and a lateral elevated point separated by a recessed point along a median line of the heel cup. The heel cup has a tapering thickness in a medial crest region and lateral crest region different from a thickness the trough region, providing differential flexibility. The shoe may have a tensioning system, wherein the tensioning system has a first tensioning system and a second tensioning system, and the first tensioning system is adjustable, and the second tensioning system is fixed. The second tensioning system may be located further from a shoe opening than the first tensioning system, and the first tensioning system is adjusted to a tension sufficient to allow a foot entry into the shoe without use of hands.
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