The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2004
Applicant:
David F. Meschan, Greensboro, NC (US);
Inventor:
David F. Meschan, Greensboro, NC (US);
Assignee:
Akeva L.L.C., Greensboro, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 21/32 (2006.01); A43B 13/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A shoe including a plate capable of being deflected in a direction substantially perpendicular to the major longitudinal axis of the shoe, an arch bridge integral with the plate, and a substantially air-tight enclosure having an interior chamber with a variable horizontal cross sectional dimension. In another embodiment, the interior chamber of the air-tight enclosure has a maximum horizontal cross-sectional dimension that is greater than the height of the interior chamber.