John C Preston

US Patent:

52876381, Feb 22, 1994

Filed:

Jan 28, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/826841

Inventors:

John C. Preston - Manchester MO

Assignee:

Brown Group, Inc. - St. Louis MO

International Classification:

A43B 1318
A43B 1337
A43B 1338

US Classification:

36 28

Abstract:

An article of footwear having a water massage midsole and a shock absorption system characterized by assembling the midsole with a sock lining in the upper for directing a fluid in the midsole to flow forwardly and reversely in the footwear to massage the foot during walking. The footwear includes a shock absorbing plug in the heel area for absorbing the shock on the foot each time the heel strikes the walking surface. Further, the outsole for the footwear is formed on opposite sides of the outsole with major break indentations for rendering the forepart of the outsole and its associated portion of the upper torsionally flexible relative to the heel portion. Finally, the invention includes a method of capturing water in the water massage midsole for the article of footwear.

US Patent:

54169895, May 23, 1995

Filed:

Nov 22, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/155691

Inventors:

John C. Preston - Manchester MO

Assignee:

Brown Group, Inc. - St. Louis MO

International Classification:

A43B 2300

US Classification:

36108

Abstract:

A shoe construction having an upper formed with a toe cap at one end and a heel receiving surface at the opposite end, a molded outsole and shank attached to the upper with a heel connecting the shank into the upper at the heel receiving surface, a single attachment means securing the connection, an aperture in the heel receiving surface and matching aperture in the shank so that a cushion carried internally of the upper is located in the matching apertures to be visible from the exterior of the upper at the heel as an identification of the shoe construction.