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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:
Mar. 09, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel T Barry, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Raymond M Fredericksen, Okemos, MI (US);
Robert W Soutas-Little, Okemos, MI (US);
Ruk R Peterson, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Assignee:
Wolverine World Wide, Inc., Rockford, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B / ; A43B / ; A43B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36107 ; 36 28 ; 36 29 ; 36114 ;
Abstract
An athletic shoe having a hydrodynamic heel insert pad in the midsole to above a specially configurated spring plate which extends beneath the medial but not the lateral portion of the heel, through the arch region, to and beneath the metatarsal head region and toe region, serving to eliminate the force spike at heel impact in combination with foot control as the foot proceeds via complex movements through the gait cycle, and efficient toe off.