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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:
May. 19, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric D Cohen, Belmont, MA (US);
Andrew R Jones, Roslindale, MA (US);
Jose T de Castro, Brookline, MA (US);
Paul Litchfield, Worcester, MA (US);
Steven F Smith, Taunton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Reebok International Ltd., Stoughton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B / ; A43B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36 88 ; 36114 ; 36 29 ; 36 71 ;
Abstract
An athletic shoe is described, provided with an inflatable tongue or bladder for a more secure fit to the user's foot. The bladder may include a plurality of chambers with a valve disposed therebetween to selectively inflate the chambers. The inflatable tongue or bladder has a lightweight pump disposed thereon.