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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:
Aug. 22, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Henri E Rosen, Watertown, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36 97 ; 36 88 ;
Abstract
A shoe construction which is adjustable in girth to accommodate different foot widths includes a shoe upper having side edge margins attached non-elastically to the edges of the shoe sole. At least one side margin of the sole is deformable to permit a vertical component of motion of the corresponding shoe upper side margin with respect to a foot support surface inside the shoe so as to adjust the shoe girth with respect to a foot support surface inside the shoe to accommodate the width of the foot inserted into the shoe. Various shoe constructions for achieving such girth adjustment automatically and manually are disclosed.