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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:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Diana Baird, County of St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Brown Shoe Company, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43D 3/00 ; A43D 5/00 ; A43D 1/500 ; A43D 1/900 ; A43D 9/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43D 3/00 ; A43D 5/00 ; A43D 1/500 ; A43D 1/900 ; A43D 9/500 ;
Abstract
A sheet of flexible and resilient polymer material is rolled into a tubular configuration and inserted into the shaft of a boot deeply enough to reach the vamp and quarters from which the shaft uses. The rolled sheet, when released, expands under the bias of its own resiliency and bears against the inside of the shaft, thus stabilizing the shaft in an upright position above the quarters and vamp. The upper end of the rolled sheet projects above the upper margin on the shaft, and here the sheet may bear a trademark or other indicia.