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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:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeff Gebhard, Portland, OR (US);
Charles D Kraeuter, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Assignee:
adidas International B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B / ; A43B / ; A43B / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36114 ; 36 31 ; 36154 ; 36155 ; 36166 ; 36103 ;
Abstract
An athletic shoe including a upper, a support member or 'chassis' attached to the underside of the upper, and sole elements attached to the bottom of the support member. The support member provides support for the foot, and thereby permits use of spaced apart sole elements rather than a full midsole and a full outsole. In addition, the support member can be tailored to provide the optimum stiffness for a particular activity or user.