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Athletic shoe

  • US 5,371,957 A
  • Filed: 12/14/1993
  • Issued: 12/13/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A shoe comprising:

  • a footbed;

    an arcuate cable having spaced apart first and second portions, the first portion connected to the footbed at a first position on the footbed, the second portion connected to the footbed at a second position on the footbed spaced apart from the first position;

    a flexible panel attached to the footbed, the cable being connected to the panel to define an encompassed panel portion bounded by the cable and the footbed such that portions of the cable are exposed between the first and second portions, the encompassed panel portion defining at least one eyelet proximate the exposed portions of the cable;

    a shoelace located through the eyelet and looped about the exposed portions of the cable, with tension in the shoelace being transmittable to the cable, and thereby to the footbed.

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