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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. 27, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2003
Applicant:
Charles E. Covatch, Martinsburg, PA (US);
Inventor:
Charles E. Covatch, Martinsburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Columbia Insurance Company, Omaha, NE (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B021/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a shoe with a footbed, an insole having a first layer and a second layer, where the first layer includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a hole extending from the top surface to the bottom surface. The second layer includes a top surface, a bottom location, and a hole extending from the top surface to the bottom location. Additionally, the shoe includes a protrusion extending from the footbed through the first layer to the bottom location of the second layer.