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

• Current Assignee: Joseph F. Aliano Jr
• Original Assignee: Joseph F. Aliano Jr
• Inventors: Aliano, Joseph F. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Meyers, Steven N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cicconi, Beth Anne
• Application Number:
  US07/798,877
• Time in Patent Office: 736 Days
• Field of Search: 36/127, 36/25 R, 36/103, 36/104, 36/132, 36/94, 36/95, 36/117, 36/43, 36/44, 36/140, 36/142
• US Class Current: 36/127
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/14 characterised by the constructive form
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/001 Golf shoes
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/145 situated under the toes, i.e. the phalanges

Abstract

A pair of improved golf shoes has an inner flange extending longitudinally along the inner side of the shoes and an outer flange extending longitudinally along the outer side of the shoes. The inner flanges and the outer flanges extend outwardly beyond the exterior surfaces of the uppers of the shoes. On one of the improved shoes the outer flange extends outwardly farther than the inner flange. On the other shoe, the inner and outer flanges extend substantially the same distance beyond the exterior surface of the upper. Heels having outwardly extending flanges are provided. One of the heels extends outwardly over substantially its entire outer edge. The flange of the other heel extends outwardly beyond the upper for only a portion of its inner edge and is flush with the upper for the remaining portion of its outer edge. A portion of the shoe disposed below the ball of the foot of the user is thicker than the region disposed below the heel of the user in order to balance the user. The toes of the user may be braced upward to shift the weight of the user back to better balance the user.

Claims

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, and

said 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, and

a 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.

2. The pair of improved golf shoes of claim 1, further comprising:

first and second heels disposed below first and second heel regions respectively of first and second uppers of said shoes,

said first heel having a flange extending outwardly beyond an exterior surface of said first upper over substantially the entire outer edge of said first heel, and

said second heel having a flange extending outwardly beyond an exterior surface of said second upper along a portion of the inner edge of said and being flush with the exterior surface of said second upper along the remaining portion of the outer edge of said second heel.

3. The improved golf shoes of claim 1 wherein each of said soles comprises a thickened portion having region disposed below the ball of the foot of a user which is thicker than the region disposed below the heel of the user.

4. The improved golf shoes of claim 2, wherein each of said soles comprises a thickened portion adapted to provide a region disposed below the ball of the foot of a user which is thicker than the region disposed below the heel of the user.

5. The improved golf shoes of claim 2, wherein said flush portion is on the outer edge of said second heel.

6. 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 shoes 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 of said pair of shoes so that said lateral flange is wider than said medial flange on said first shoe,

said lateral flange extending outwardly beyond said exterior surface of said upper substantially the same distance as said medial flange on the 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, and

a front bracing portion having a thickened portion substantially toward the front of said shoes, said thickened portion increasing in thickness only from the vicinity of the balls of the feet of the user to below the toes of the user to provide a thickness under said toes which is greater than the thickness below said balls of said feet wherein said thickness increases substantially continuously in the direction of the toes said bracing portion having a substantially uniform thickness from side to side, for bracing the toes of the user in an upward position to shift the weight of the user back toward the rear of the foot.

7. The pair of improved golf shoes of claim 6, wherein said thickened portion begins increasing in thickness forward of the balls of the feet.