ADHESIVE FOOTWEAR AND DEVICES
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1. A footwear apparatus comprising:
- a protective layer having a lower surface and an upper surface; and
a plurality of adhesive regions attached to the upper surface of the protective layer for adhesively coupling the upper surface of the protective layer to a foot.
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Abstract
Footwear used for high performance activities such as running can be adhesively attached to the plantar surface of feet rather than uppers or straps. The upper surface of the protective layer of the footwear can have adhesive regions that secure the foot to the footwear and other regions that are not adhesively coupled to the foot. The adhesive regions can be under the heel, along the lateral side of the foot, under the first through fifth metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joints and around the perimeter of the foot above the plantar surface.
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20 Claims
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1. A footwear apparatus comprising:
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a protective layer having a lower surface and an upper surface; and a plurality of adhesive regions attached to the upper surface of the protective layer for adhesively coupling the upper surface of the protective layer to a foot. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A footwear apparatus comprising:
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a protective layer having a lower surface and an upper surface; a plurality of recessed regions in the upper surface of the protective layer; and a plurality of adhesive regions within at least some of the recessed regions of the protective layer, wherein the adhesive regions adhesively couple the protective layer to a foot. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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