Adaptable shoe having an expandable sole assembly

a technology of expandable soles and adaptable shoes, which is applied in the field of footwear products, can solve the problems of large delay in receiving the end product while manufacturing, large delay and frustration of consumers, and large variability of achieve the effect of small increments of variability and greater variability among functional components of the sho

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-02-22
FILA LUXEMBOURG S A R L
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[0008] Another object of the present invention is to provide an adaptable footwear product that allows small increments of variability to the footwear consumer without the need for large inventories of shoes.
[0009] Yet another object of the present invention is to pr

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However, the quality of the orthotic depends largely on the quality of the plaster casting, which varies widely due to variances in the technique of the physician or technician creating the casting.
This special manufacturing leads to greater cost to the consumer, and a substantial delay in receiving the end product while manufacturing occurs.
Moreover, orthotics that are unacceptable to the customer must be modified or re-manufactured, which leads to great delay and frustration of the consumer.
Indeed, the impulsive nature of consumers and their need to test a product on demand may be a major impediment to wide-spread acceptance of specially manufactured orthotics.
While sizing schemes offering smaller increments of variation may result in a better fit to some consumers, the variability is still largely limited

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[0039] Referring now to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate identical or corresponding parts throughout the several views, FIG. 1 is an illustration of a custom shoe in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. As seen in this figure, the shoe includes a shell 10 and an insole 30. The shell 10 includes an upper portion 100 and a sole assembly 200 that are joined to one another to form a shell cavity into which the insole 30 is placed, as depicted by the arrow in FIG. 1. The upper portion 100 includes upper segments 103, 105, 107, 109, 111 and 113 that are joined together to form the upper portion 100 as an integral unit. As seen in FIG. 1, the portions 103, 105, 107, 109 and 113 can be joined to their adjacent portions by stitching 115, but adhesive or other known joining methods may be used. The upper segments 103, 105, 107, 109 and 111 are preferably made of durable sheets of non-elastic material such as leather, canvas, synthetic material or any...

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An adaptable shoe includes an upper portion and a sole assembly connected to the upper portion to provide a shoe cavity. The sole assembly includes a first sole segment, a second sole segment positioned adjacent to and substantially coplanar with the first sole segment, and a deformable member connecting the first sole segment to the second sole segment to provide a substantially planar sole assembly that can be expanded in a width direction in order to adapt the size of the shoe in a width direction.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS: [0001] This application is related to and claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 709,792, filed on Aug. 22, 2005, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference. This application is related to Attorney Docket No. 275483US titled METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZED SHOE, Attorney Docket No. 275485US titled METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED FOOTWEAR TO A RETAIL CONSUMER, and Attorney Docket No. 275487US titled MTHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A KIT OF FOOTWEAR COMPONENTS USED TO PROVIDE CUSTOMIZED FOOTWEAR TO A CONSUMER, each filed on even date herewith. The entire content of each of these applications is hereby incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates generally to footwear products, and more specifically to an adaptable shoe having an expandable sole assembly. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION DISCUSSION OF BACKGROUND [0003] The past several d...

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IPC IPC(8): A43B13/14A43B3/26G06Q30/02G06Q30/06
CPCA43B3/26A43B13/141A43B13/16A43B23/047A43D1/02A43B23/0295G06Q30/0281G06Q30/06G06Q30/0601A43B23/027G06Q30/02
Inventor BOVE, SAVINOPEVETO, MIKAL
Owner FILA LUXEMBOURG S A R L
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