Memory foam shoe insert

• US 7,827,707 B2
• Filed: 04/05/2006
• Issued: 11/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: KDD Enterprises, Inc.
• Original Assignee: KDD Enterprises, Inc.
• Inventors: Davis, Kristene D.
• Primary Examiner(s): PATTERSON, MARIE D
• Application Number:
  US11/278,793
• Publication Number:
  US 20070234595A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,679 Days
• Field of Search: 36/71, 36/88, 36/93, 36/94, 36/55, 36/81, 36/95, 36/97, 128/889, 128/892, 128/893, 128/894, 428/40.1, 428/42.2, 428/343, 602/41, 602/52, 206/523, 206/812
• US Class Current: 36/71
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/26 adjustable as to length or size
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/12 Dancing shoes
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/28 Adapting the inner sole or the side of the upper of the shoe to the sole of the foot
• CPC Class Codes: A43D 999/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

Improved shoe inserts (22, 56, 63) are provided which are designed for placement within the toe regions (37, 52, 64) of shoes (34, 50, 62) to provide enhanced comfort to the shoe wearers. The inserts (22, 56, 63) are preferably cut from initial pillow-shaped bodies (20) to give the custom-designed inserts (22, 56, 63). The inserts (22, 56, 63) are designed to substantially occupy the distal end of the shoe toe region and present a proximal toe-engaging face that substantially spans the cross-sectional dimension of the toe-region. The inserts (22, 56, 63) are preferably formed of heat-sensitive, viscoelastic, polyurethane foam material.

Claims

1. A shoe insert consisting of:

a body formed of a compressible material,

said body presenting a substantially rectangular plan configuration, said body having a generally bulbous mid-section with lower and upper surfaces that are generally arcuate,

said body being severable along a generally diagonal cut line from a first corner to an opposing second corner to present two insert bodies, each insert body adapted to be placed within a toe region of a shoe and including—

a substantially flat surface corresponding to the diagonal cut line for engagement by toes of a wearer of the shoe, and

a corner apex positioned opposite the surface and adapted to be placed in the forward-most area of the toe region.

2. A shoe insert consisting of:

a body formed of a compressible material,

said body presenting a substantially rectangular plan configuration,

said body having a generally bulbous mid-section with lower and upper surfaces that are generally arcuate,

said body being severable along a generally bisectional cut line from a first side to an opposing second side to present two insert bodies, each insert body adapted to be placed within a toe region of a shoe,

wherein said first side of each said insert body has a substantially flat surface corresponding to the bisectional cut line for engagement by toes of a wearer of the shoe, and

wherein said second side of each said insert body, which is opposite said first side, is adapted to be placed in the forward-most area of the toe region.