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Golf shoe insert

  • US 5,265,354 A
  • Filed: 11/25/1991
  • Issued: 11/30/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/28/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A pair of improved golf shoes, each shoe of said pair of golf shoes having an upper for receiving a foot and a sole connected to and extending beneath said upper, said upper having longitudinally opposed toe and heel regions, comprising:

  • a continuously curving medial flange on each of said soles extending longitudinally along a medial side of said upper and extending outwardly beyond an exterior surface of said upper for at least a portion of said medial side of said upper,a continuously curving lateral flange on each of said soles extending longitudinally along a lateral side of said upper and extending outwardly beyond an exterior surface of said upper for at least a portion of said lateral side of said upper,said lateral flange extending outwardly beyond said exterior surface of said upper substantially farther than said medial flange on a first shoe or said pair of shoes so that said lateral flange is wider than said medial flange on said first shoe, andsaid lateral flange extending outwardly beyond said exterior surface of said upper substantially the same as said medial flange on a second shoe of said pair of shoes so that the width of said lateral flange is substantially equal to the width of said medial flange on said second shoe, anda front bracing portion having a thickness substantially toward the front of said sole below the toes of the user which is greater than the thickness below the balls of the feet of the user wherein said thickness increases substantially continuously in the direction of the toes said bracing portion having a substantially uniform thickness form side to side, for bracing the toes of the user in an upward position to shift the weight of the user back towards the rear of the foot.

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