Patent · US Expired

Inlay for a shoe

US5720118A · kind A · utility

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13References

18Claims

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Inventors

Helmut Mayer · Gilching, DE
Norbert Becker · Stockach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 28, 1997
Grant date	Feb 24, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 28, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA43B13/38
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention provides an inlay for a shoe. The inlay extends at least within the forefoot region and comprises one piece of a hard plate material of uniform thickness. The plate material is formed with a profiling provided transversely to the longitudinal direction of the sole of the shoe. The transverse profiling extends at least throughout substantially the entire forefoot region of the inlay. The profiling has a cross-section consisting of periodically repeating cross-sectional profile elements, each of the cross-sectional profile elements comprising a ridge and a recess. The plate material is a resilient plate material.

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