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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 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 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/28 (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 and an arch bridge integral with the plate. The arch bridge has a lower surface that is at least in part visible from outside the shoe and has a portion that is approximately planar with the lower surface of the plate for at least a substantial portion of the full extension of the arch bridge as measured along an axis that is parallel with the major longitudinal axis of the shoe.