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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:
Dec. 30, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert J Gamm, St. Louis County, MO (US);
Assignee:
Kangaroos U.S.A., Inc., Chesterfield, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36 50 ; 36 51 ; 24438 ;
Abstract
Substantially flexible means fixedly held approximate the upper edges of the quarter portions for footwear, such as of the casual or athletic shoe category, and for use for cooperating with state of the art closure means for aiding in the retention of the closure means and the shoe about the foot of its wearer, as during application. In addition, force is generated during application of the shoe, particularly when participating in athletic endeavors, that can be absorbed by the elasticity of the flexible holding means, to aid in the comfort of the shoe wearer.