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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:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John A Healy, Madbury, NH (US);
Eckhard Knoepke, Beverly, MA (US);
Assignee:
Converse Inc., North Reading, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36 3 / ; 36 27 ; 36 28 ; 36 3 / ; 1214 / ;
Abstract
A method of making a shoe having a midsole, an upper, and an outsole. The method comprises providing a shoe midsole having a cavity in an underside thereof. The cavity is filled with a fluid which is curable to an elastomeric solid condition, and the fluid is allowed to cure to such solid condition. An outsole is secured to the underside of the midsole so that the outsole underlies the cavity, and an upper is secured to the midsole.