IP Library Granted Patent US 6,948,263
Granted Patent B2
US 6,948,263 · App. 10/390,829 · Granted Sep 27, 2005

Shoe having a multilayered insole

Assignee: Columbia Insurance Company
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Patent No.
US 6,948,263
App. No.
10/390,829
Granted
Sep 27, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a shoe with a footbed, an insole having a first layer and a second layer, where the first layer includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a hole extending from the top surface to the bottom surface. The second layer includes a top surface, a bottom location, and a hole extending from the top surface to the bottom location. Additionally, the shoe includes a protrusion extending from the footbed through the first layer to the bottom location of the second layer.

Claims (24)

1. A shoe, comprising:

a footbed;

an insole having a first layer and a second layer;

said first layer having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a hole extending from said top surface to said bottom surface;

said second layer having a top surface, a bottom location, and a hole extending from said top surface to said bottom location;

a protrusion extending from said footbed through said first layer to said bottom location of said second layer; and

said protrusion is integrally connected to said footbed so that said protrusion and said footbed define a single unit.

2. The shoe in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said insole further comprises at least one middle layer placed between said first and second layers and having a top surface and a bottom surface and a hole extending from said top surface to said bottom surface of said at least one middle layer.

3. The shoe in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising a sole having a top surface, a bottom point, and a recess extending from said top surface to said bottom point.

4. The shoe in accordance with claim 3 , wherein said protrusion extends from said footbed through said first and second layers to said bottom point of said sole.

5. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein said hole in said first layer has a periphery approximately a same size as a periphery of said protrusion.

6. The shoe in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said protrusion is located in at least one localized area of said insole.

7. The shoe in accordance to claim 1 , wherein said insole is permanently connected to the shoe.

8. A method for providing a shoe, comprising the steps of:

providing a footbed;

providing an insole having a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer has a top surface and a bottom surface and the second layer has a top surface and a bottom location;

extending a hole from the top surface to the bottom surface of the first layer;

extending a hole from the top surface to the bottom location of the second layer;

extending a protrusion from the footbed through the first layer to the bottom location of the second layer; and

integrally connecting the protrusion to the footbed so that the protrusion and the footbed define a single unit.

9. The method in accordance with claim 8 , further comprising the step of placing at least one middle layer between the first and second layers and having a top surface and a bottom surface and extending a hole from the top surface to the bottom surface of the at least one middle layer.

10. The method in accordance with claim 8 , further comprising the step of providing a sole having a top surface and a bottom point and extending a recess from the top surface to the bottom point of the sole.

11. The method in accordance with claim 8 , further comprising the step of extending the protrusion from the footbed through the first and second layers to the bottom point of the sole.

12. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising the step of permanently connecting the insole to the shoe.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2003
From: COVATCH, CHARLES E.
To: COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY
Reel/Frame 013891/0872 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040181970A1 · Sep 23, 2004