Abstract: The article of footwear further includes a heel cup attached to the upper and extending from the sole structure to at least a portion of the rear heel collar of upper. Additionally, the heel cup is uniformly molded with an upper portion, midportion, and lower portion and the upper portion has a smaller mediolateral length than the midportion, and the midportion and lower portion form a concave structure configured to receive the heel. The midportion includes a peripheral portion having a first thickness and a central portion having a second thickness, and the second thickness is less than the first thickness.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 4, 2024
Publication date:
October 3, 2024
Applicant:
SKECHERS U.S.A. Inc. II
Inventors:
John Maxwell Weeks, Scott Kelley, Frank F Chuang, Pei-Chun Liao, Johnson Tja, Hui Xie, Kurt Stockbridge
Abstract: A shoe includes a sole and an upper having a heel counter with a heel cup. The upper includes a foot receiving shoe opening. The heel cup is uniformly molded with an upper portion, midportion, and lower portion. On a vertical cross-section, the heel cup has a S wave shape and a thickness of the heel cup decreases gradually from a peripheral portion of the heel cup toward a central region of the heel cup. The heel cup is attached to an interior compressible layer, and the compressible layer extends into the shoe opening. The compressible layer may be compressed by a user's foot during insertion or removal of the user's foot, and may at least partially expand to hold an ankle of the user's foot once the foot is inserted.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 18, 2024
Publication date:
August 22, 2024
Applicant:
SKECHERS U.S.A. Inc. II
Inventors:
John Maxwell Weeks, Scott Kelley, Frank F. Chuang, Pei-Chun Liao, Johnson Tja, Hui Xie, Kurt Stockbridge
Abstract: A shoe has an upper with a foot receiving shoe opening. A heel counter is located at a rear portion of the upper and includes a rigid heel cup. The heel cup has a lower portion, a midportion, and an upper portion having a curvature extending from a top edge of the heel cup and that is curved downward towards the shoe opening. On a vertical cross-section, the heel cup has a S wave shape. A compressible layer is located along an inner wall of the heel cup and is configured to curve around a portion of a user's ankle above the user's heel once donned. The compressible layer may be compressed during donning of the shoe and may at least partially expand to secure the foot within the shoe once donned.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 18, 2024
Publication date:
August 8, 2024
Applicant:
SKECHERS U.S.A. Inc. II
Inventors:
John Maxwell Weeks, Scott Kelley, Frank F. Chuang, Pei-Chun Liao, Johnson Tja, Hui Xie, Kurt Stockbridge