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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2013
Jordan Anderson, Lancaster, OH (US);
Jordan Anderson, Lancaster, OH (US);
Rocky Brands, Inc., Nelsonville, OH (US);
Abstract
Footwear includes a sole, an upper secured to the sole for covering a foot of the wearer, and an external heel counter located at a rear of the upper and configured to be located behind a heel of the foot and to not extend along lateral sides of the heel. Portions of the upper adjacent the heel counter comprise leather and the heel counter comprises molded rubber. Lateral sides of the heel counter are arcuate and concave and an external surface of the heel counter is provided with raised ridges. Some of the leather portions of the upper adjacent the rubber heel counter are stitched to and over the rubber heel counter and some of the leather portions of the upper adjacent the rubber heel counter are stitched to and under the rubber heel counter.