Patents Assigned to Basketball Marketing Company, Inc.
  • Method of making a lottery shoe
    Patent number: 6256824
    Abstract: A shoe and an improved method of shoe construction comprising an upper, an insole, a midsole, and an outsole, that are coupled together to form a housing for receiving a foot, and wherein the midsole is enveloped by the bottom ends of the upper, the insole, and the outsole to provide a more secure and stable fit of the shoe to the foot. The shoe is constructed to have the midsole of the shoe enveloped by the combination of the upper, insole, and outsole. This method of shoe construction results in a shoe having an improved fit because the midsole is pulled from the top and the bottom to provide improved fit, support, stability, and cushioning characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Basketball Marketing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Austin, Tuan Le, Chin Chu Yeh
  • Lottery shoe and method of making same
    Patent number: 6154983
    Abstract: A shoe and an improved method of shoe construction comprising an upper, an insole, a midsole, and an outsole, that are coupled together to form a housing for receiving a foot, and wherein the midsole is enveloped by the bottom ends of the upper, the insole, and the outsole to provide a more secure and stable fit of the shoe to the foot. The shoe is constructed to have the midsole of the shoe enveloped by the combination of the upper, insole, and outsole. This method of shoe construction results in a shoe having an improved fit because the midsole is pulled from the top and the bottom to provide improved fit, support, stability, and cushioning characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Basketball Marketing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Austin, Tuan Le, Chin Chu Yeh