Patent · US Expired

Shoe, especially shoe for small children

US6836978B1 · kind B1 · utility

18Cited by

18References

13Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Firma Carl Freudenberg · DE

Inventors

Peter Lauer · Kleve, DE
Hubert Augustin · Geldern, DE
Ernst Klein · Düsseldorf, DE
Josef Schröder · Kleve, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 7, 2000
Grant date	Jan 4, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 7, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA43B13/14
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An improved shoe, promoting a heel-to-toe motion of a foot, comprising an outsole and an upper part. The outsole has a contraction extending to a first area where a back of the foot is located. The upper part has a heel guide, including one of a heelplate and a flexible heel brace, which are arranged in a second area where the heel of the foot is located, such that an Achilles tendon of the foot is free.

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