IP Library Granted Patent US 7,178,269
Granted Patent B2
US 7,178,269 · App. 11/065,302 · Granted Feb 20, 2007

Insole for footwear

Assignee: Bauerfeind AG
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Patent No.
US 7,178,269
App. No.
11/065,302
Granted
Feb 20, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

An insole for footwear comprising silicone with a filler material, having a selected region of a silicone-cork mixture with a sufficiently high proportion of cork that the height thereof can be formed by grinding.

Claims (8)

1. An insole for footwear, said insole comprising:

silicone;

a metatarsal region;

a heel region;

and, in a selected region, a silicone-cork mixture comprising a sufficiently high proportion of cork such that said selected region is a grindable region so that the height thereof can be formed by grinding, wherein the silicone encapsulates the cork particles in the region including the silicone-cork mixture, to form a homogeneous body between the silicone insole and the region including the silicone-cork mixture.

2. An insole according to claim 1 , wherein the grindable region has a raised outer edge.

3. An insole according to claim 1 , wherein the grindable region is a pad located in the metatarsal region of the insole.

4. An insole according to claim 1 , wherein the grindable region is located in the heel region of the insole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2005
From: BAUERFEIND, HANS B.; REINHARDT, HOLGER
To: BAUERFEIND AG
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 20 2004 002 870 U · Feb 25, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050193591A1 · Sep 8, 2005