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Athletic shoe with energy storing spring

US4881329A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 14, 1988
Grant dateNov 21, 1989
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Expiry dateSep 14, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA43B13/183
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An athletic shoe includes a spring in the midsole of the shoe. The spring is generally oval-shaped and includes convex top and bottom walls and a laterally extending opening. The spring is molded from high tensile material such as graphite fibers and resin, kevlar fibers and resin, glass fibers and resin, or ceramic materials.

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