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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. 17, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert W Hall, Acushnet, MA (US);
Cleveland A Heath, Medfield, MA (US);
Alison B Mack, Framingham, MA (US);
Roger T Neiley, Danbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B / ; A43B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36 10 ;
Abstract
A variable size footwear includes a sole, an upper fixed to the sole and an nsole overlying the sole within the upper. An inner sock of elastic material is fixed to the sole and/or insole. The sock in an unstressed state is smaller than the upper, but is expandable to a size conforming to interior walls of the upper. The sock is fixed at an upper edge thereof to the upper.