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Sport footwear component construction

  • US 6,748,676 B1
  • Filed: 12/21/1999
  • Issued: 06/15/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A kit of a plurality of inner footbeds, said kit having at least a first and a second inner footbed, each of said first and second inner footbeds adapted to receive a human foot, the foot having a medial side and a lateral side, a medial line, a plantar surface, and a heel, each of said first and second footbeds also adapted to be inserted in a sport footwear having an outer shell defining a foot-receiving cavity with inner dimensions, each of said first and second inner footbeds comprising:

  • (a) a sole portion having an upper surface facing the plantar surface of the foot; and

    (b) a padding wall projecting from said sole portion, said padding wall separating the sides and the heel of the foot from the outer shell of the sport footwear when the footbed is inserted in the foot-receiving cavity of the outer shell of a sport footwear, said padding wall partially cupping the heel and comprising medial and lateral sides facing medial and lateral sides of the foot, said sides extending upwardly from said sole portion up to the medial line of the foot and defining an opening allowing insertion of the foot therein;

    each of said first and second inner footbeds having respective outer dimensions generally corresponding to the inner dimensions of the foot-receiving cavity such that each of said first and second inner footbeds fits interchangeably within the same foot-receiving cavity and having different inner dimensions to accommodate feet of different sizes.

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