Patents Assigned to Nine West Development Corporation
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Patent number: 8793902Abstract: Footwear including an upper sized and shaped for covering a human foot of a predetermined size. The upper has a lower edge defining a lower boundary of the upper and an upper edge defining an opening through which the foot is inserted when positioning the footwear on the foot. A waterproof vapor-permeable sheet having an outer edge defining a shape corresponding to the foot is stitched to the lower edge of the upper. An interior surface of the upper and an upper surface of the sheet define an interior of the footwear into which the foot is inserted, with the upper surface of the sheet forming a bottom surface of the interior of the footwear.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Nine West Development CorporationInventors: Henry A. Besanceney, III, Alberto Del Biondi, John F. Ludemann
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Patent number: 8393092Abstract: A footbed for use in footwear. The footbed includes a first molded layer having a size and shape adapted to support at least a first portion of a foot of a wearer of the footwear. The first layer has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface. A second molded layer has a size and shape adapted to support at least a second portion of the foot of the wearer of the footwear. The second layer also has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface. A foam layer is attached to the top surface of the second molded layer. The foam layer and the second molded layer are positioned over at least a portion of the top surface of the first molded layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2009Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Nine West Development CorporationInventor: Panagiotis Georgoulakis
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Publication number: 20120174444Abstract: Footwear including an upper sized and shaped for covering a human foot of a predetermined size. The upper has a lower edge defining a lower boundary of the upper and an upper edge defining an opening through which the foot is inserted when positioning the footwear on the foot. A waterproof vapor-permeable sheet having an outer edge defining a shape corresponding to the foot is stitched to the lower edge of the upper. An interior surface of the upper and an upper surface of the sheet define an interior of the footwear into which the foot is inserted, with the upper surface of the sheet forming a bottom surface of the interior of the footwear.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: NINE WEST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Henry A. Besanceney, III, Alberto Del Biondi, John F. Ludemann
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Publication number: 20110041365Abstract: A laminated foam sockliner for use in combination with footwear. The sockliner has a forward part generally underlying and supporting toes and metatarsal heads, a middle part generally underlying and supporting an arch, and a back part generally underlying and supporting a heel of the wearer. The sockliner includes a porous upper layer made from a flexible air permeable material. The upper layer provides support for at least a portion of the foot of the wearer including a heel and an arch of the foot. The sockliner also includes a shockfoam layer positioned generally at the back part of the sockliner below the upper layer. A top surface of the shockfoam layer being permanently bonded to at least a portion of a bottom surface of the upper layer underlying the back part of the sockliner. The forward part of the sockliner substantially lacks the shockfoam layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2009Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: NINE WEST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONInventor: John F. Ludemann
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Publication number: 20100269375Abstract: A footbed for use in footwear. The footbed includes a first molded layer having a size and shape adapted to support at least a first portion of a foot of a wearer of the footwear. The first layer has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface. A second molded layer has a size and shape adapted to support at least a second portion of the foot of the wearer of the footwear. The second layer also has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface. A foam layer is attached to the top surface of the second molded layer. The foam layer and the second molded layer are positioned over at least a portion of the top surface of the first molded layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2009Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: NINE WEST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONInventor: Panagiotis Georgoulakis
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Patent number: 7152341Abstract: Footwear including an outsole, an insole having a heel pad located at a heel portion of the insole and a heel having a cavity sized and shaped for receiving the heel pad. A heel breast projects forward from the heel and is sized and shaped for receiving a portion of the heel pad extending forward from the heel cavity.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2004Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignee: Nine West Development CorporationInventor: Norman Dean
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Patent number: D530896Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2004Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Nine West Development CorporationInventors: Norman Dean, Jessica Moran, Alberto Del Biondi
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Patent number: D543680Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2006Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Nine West Development CorporationInventors: Norman Dean, Jessica L. Moran, Alberto Del Biondi