Stabilizer athletic shoes

• US 6,474,006 B1
• Filed: 07/17/2000
• Issued: 11/05/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2000
• Status: Expired

• Current Assignee: Jay G. Levine, William G. Cummings
• Original Assignee: Jay G. Levine, William G. Cummings
• Inventors: Cummings, William G., Levine, Jay G.
• Primary Examiner(s): PATTERSON, MARIE D
• Application Number:
  US09/617,732
• Time in Patent Office: 841 Days
• Field of Search: 36/25.R, 361/42, 361/43, 361/44, 361/03, 361/27, 36/88, 36/92
• US Class Current: 36/142
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/143 provided with wedged, concave or convex end portions, e.g. for improving roll-off of the foot
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/148 Wedged end portions
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/00 Footwear for sporting purposes non-skid devices, e.g. ice-spurs or studs for football shoes, A43C15/00
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/16 with elevated heel parts inside
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/22 with fixed flat-foot insertions, metatarsal supports, ankle flaps or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/24 Insertions or other supports preventing the foot canting to one side , preventing supination or pronation

Abstract

An athletic shoe is provided which contributes to dynamic stability of the shoe during several athletic activities. The athletic shoe comprises a tapered lateral wedge section and may further include a lateral heel stabilizer, a medial heel wedge and a tapered lateral forefoot section.

Claims

1. A stabilizer athletic shoe comprising a sole having a bottom portion, a forefoot having a top portion, a rearfoot portion, an edge and a heel portion, said forefoot portion having a medial part and a lateral part, an external lateral foot stabilizer attached to the edge of said sole, a bottom forefoot wedge member attached to the bottom of said sole, a medial heel wedge having a bottom portion wherein said heel wedge spans substantially the entire length, and about one-half the width of said heel, and a heel stabilizer extending from the bottom portion of said heel to the top of the rearfoot portion.

2. A stabilizer athletic shoe as in claim 1 wherein said external lateral foot stabilizer is from about ⅛

to about ¼

inch thick, with the thickness increasing from said medial part to said lateral part of said forefoot portion.

3. A stabilizer athletic shoe as in claim 1 wherein said bottom forefoot wedge member and said lateral foot stabilizer partly overlap one another.

4. A stabilizer athletic shoe as in claim 2 wherein said bottom forefoot wedge member and said lateral foot stabilizer partly overlap one another.