Abstract: A storage box for a portable electronic apparatus includes a box body and a cover. The box body has a first accommodation space and a second accommodation space therein. The first accommodation space has a first connector therein. The cover has a second connector therein that is connected to the first connector. The two accommodation spaces provide for receipt of a portable electronic apparatus and a foldable keyboard.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of footwear and the footwear comprising the steps of providing a last with an upper thereon, providing a mold insert on the bottom of the last, providing a mold having a mold cavity for a tread sole, disposing the last and upper against the mold with the mold insert disposed within the mold cavity, forming a sole in the mold cavity having a depression therein in the shape of the mold insert, providing an insole with a first portion in the shape of the depression and a second portion substantially in the shape of the sole and securing the first portion of the insole in the depression. The tread sole and insole are formed of materials preferably having different physical properties. The tread sole can include one of tongues and grooves and the insole would then have the other of tongues and grooves, said tongues and grooves mating with each other.

Abstract: Orthopaedic insole with a top cover and a bottom cover, which covers enclose a support core, the top cover and the bottom cover projecting beyond the support core via an edge area and being connected to each other in the edge area. Both the top cover and bottom cover and also the support core are made of a thermoplastic material, the melting points of the three component parts of the insole, namely support core, top cover, and bottom cover, having approximately the same value, and these component parts being permanently connected to one another by pressing and shaping, with melting-on of the contiguous surfaces.

Abstract: A supportive, lightweight athletic shoe construction is described which includes an inflatable upper and a sole. The upper includes a foot conforming support member, an inflatable exoskeleton and an overlay which inhibits outward bulging of the exoskeleton. The sole includes a rigid carrier element, a forefoot unit and a heel unit. The forefoot unit includes a plurality of components which are arranged to work with the biomechanics of the foot. The athletic shoe is structurally minimalistic and functionally efficient.

Abstract: A shoe sole structure includes an outsole that extends from a heel region to a forefoot region of a shoe, and a midsole that is disposed above the outsole and extends from the heel region to a midfoot region of the shoe. A heel portion of the outsole includes a corrugated portion. A heel portion of the midsole includes a corrugated portion, which corresponds in phase to the corrugated portion of the outsole. Cleats are provided at a bottom surface of the outsole. The corrugated portion on the outsole provides running stability. The sole structure having only two layers with the outsole and the midsole decreases the weight of the shoe, simplifies a manufacturing process, and reduces a manufacturing cost.

Abstract: A new and improved shock absorption mechanism for shoes comprising a plurality of members defining an upper support planar surface and a lower support planar surface. The upper planar surface and lower planar surface are moveable toward and away from each other. A plurality of near-collapsible members are operatively connected between the upper and lower planar surfaces. The collapsible members are moveable between an extended position and a collapsed position. Each of the collapsible members has a spring associated therewith for urging the members into their extended position. The plurality of members and the collapsible members are connected and positioned within a collapsible heel of a shoe.

Abstract: A shoe tree includes a toe member, a heel member, a spacer bar having a front portion quickly or micro-adjustably secured to the toe member and having a rear portion biased to engage with the heel member, such that the heel member and the toe member may be adjustably and accurately engaged into the shoes of different sizes or lengths. The toe member has two flanges each having a number of depressions. A latch is secured to the spacer bar and has two arms, and a pawl may force the arms to engage with the depressions of the flanges of the toe member.

Abstract: A shoe cover application device having a holding member for holding a shoe cover open in a receiving position to accommodate the insertion of a user shoe. The shoe cover application device also includes a separation member that separates the shoe cover from the holding member allowing the shoe cover to constrict around the user's shoe inserted into the shoe cover while the shoe cover was in the receiving position. Shoe covers of various materials, shapes and sizes may be used with the shoe cover application device of the present invention.

Abstract: An insole insert for application into a shoe, and which is formed as a laminar material of various layers of paper, polymer, stranded thermoplastic or thermosetting material, foams of select consistencies and texture, in addition to a felt or microfiber type of upper layer, to add to the cushioning and softness of the insert, when applied. The insert, when subjected to heat and pressure, particularly pressure applied by the foot, conforms to the contours of the foot, and sustains such, even after prolonged usage after application into a shoe.

Abstract: One aspect of the invention is a removable strap for a snowboard boot to preventing the rider's foot from lifting in the boot. The ankle strap enables a soft boot to be used with both a strap-less step-in binding system, and a strap binding system. Another aspect is a snowboard binding including a strap adapted to releasably secure the snowboard boot and constructed and arranged to avoid creation of a pressure point at an instep bone of the rider. A further aspect is an apparatus comprising a snowboard boot and a strap attached thereto. The strap is arranged to prevent the rider's heel from lifting in the snowboard boot, and is constructed and arranged to avoid creation of a pressure point at an instep bone of the rider.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sales pack for receiving one or more products having inherent stability, and in particular tools, with a protective packaging of plastic for at least partially receiving the product, the protective packaging being made in the form of a rigid film of plastic with its own stability, which hugs the outer contour of the product at least partially with a form fit—in the manner of a skin pack—and an additional rear covering of paper, paperboard, card, plastic or the like being joined to the rigid film of plastic. In this case, the covering (4) comprises only a subregion of the rear side of the rigid film of plastic (2).

Abstract: A continuous form disposable shoe cover, separably linked to at least one other shoe cover or a shoe cover lineal, and the production process of the shoe cover and associated lineal. The shoe cover has a securing portion for securing the shoe cover to a shoe upon insertion of the shoe into the shoe cover. The continuous form disposable shoe cover also includes a guide portion. The guide portion is manipulated to place the shoe cover in a receiving position to receive a shoe. The shoe cover may also be used with an automatic shoe cover application device, where the guide portion functions to facilitate the conveyance of the shoe cover and associated lineal through the device.

Abstract: A golf shoe cleat has a main body member having a dome-shaped outer face and a planar inner face, a threaded stud molded integrally with the main body member and projecting outwardly from the inner face. A plurality of pseudo pyramid-shaped teeth projecting around the perimeter of the main body member, each of the pseudo pyramid-shaped teeth having an outward angle to provide lateral stability and traction through the plane of a sports swing. The traction teeth have a low profile to reduce damage to putting green surfaces for example. An anti-debris ring is formed on the peripheral edge of the planar inner face. In this position, the anti-debris ring tends to prevent the edge of the cleat from separating from the sole of the golf shoe thereby foreclosing the entry of debris underneath the cleat. At the same time, when the cleat is snugged down by the application tool, the pressure causes the ring to more closely hug the sole and precludes the entry of debris.

Abstract: A treatment machine for pharmaceutical products formed as a filling and closing machine has an insulator which surrounds a sterile treatment region, a substantially plate-shaped partition which separates the sterile treatment region from an unsterile drive region, at least one movable drive member for driving treatment functions, the drive member is drivable from the unsterile region for its movement, extends through the partition into the sterile treatment region and is surrounded over at least one longitudinal portion by a passage through which a medium is supplied, the passage in an end region which extends in the sterile treatment region is open by at least one opening toward the sterile treatment region, so that a sterilization medium is aspirated from the sterile treatment region through the at least one opening into the passage and is aspirated through the passage in direction toward the unsterile drive region.

Abstract: A shoe having a sole, an upper affixed to the sole and extending upwardly therefrom, a tongue fixedly and nonreleasably secured to the upper, an air pump affixed to the toe portion of the upper, a bladder in valved communication with an exhaust of the air pump and affixed to a surface of the tongue, and a deflator affixed to a heel portion of the upper. The deflator is connected in valved relationship to the bladder. A tubing extends along a surface of the upper from the bladder to the deflator. The bladder is inflatable by an action of the air pump. The deflator includes a valve having a pin extending upwardly therefrom and a flexible flap overlying the top of the pin. A downward pressure on the flexible flap will cause air pressure within the bladder to be released.

Abstract: A novel insole orthoses pad that may be inserted into a shoe alleviates the formation of ulcers aggravated by plantar shear forces and vertical forces. The insole orthoses pad, has vertically aligned strips of a material that support and cushion vertical forces alternated with a more flexible material that allows the supporting material to move from proximal-lateral to distal medial in response to shear forces without abrading the plantar surface. The combination of alternating strips of material are aligned so as to anticipate the orientation of the shear forces generated during the execution of a step by the wearer. Arcs of cushioning material are provided on a pad to protect likely sites of ulcer formation, having an orientation direction that is the average of the locus of maximum pressure in order to reduce the rubbing of the cushion material due to shear forces.

Abstract: A shoe includes a shoe body and a shoe lace device. The shoe body has a pair of eyelet tabs. The shoe lace device includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth lace sections, and a clamp member. Lower ends of the first to sixth lace sections are anchored on the eyelet tabs of the shoe body. The upper ends of the first and second lace sections, and those of the fourth and fifth lace sections, are interconnected to form first and second loops, respectively. The upper ends of the third and sixth lace sections serve as free lace sections. The clamp member is sleeved slidably on medial portions of the lace sections. Downward and upward movements of the clamp member along the lace sections permit the tightening and loosening of the shoe body.

Abstract: The invention is an inflatable inner sole for footwear which has a flexible, inflatable enclosure with an inflation system that preferably includes an on-board air pump and a pressure relief valve. In this invention the inner sole has a sheet and/or foam cover or surround on the flexible enclosure for enhanced comfort. Useful sheet covers can be plastic, including rubber, films in solid or foamed state, or fabric which are applied against the upper, wearing surface of the inflatable enclosures. The covers can be bonded only to the edges of the inflatable enclosures to permit relative movement between the covers and enclosures, or can be bonded to the top surface of the enclosures, or formed as surrounds which encapsulate the inflatable enclosures.

Abstract: Breathable outsole (11) for footwear, in which the outsole has a two-layer structure. The two-layer structure contains an elastic and water vapor-permeable inner layer (1) and an outer layer (2) that covers less than 70% of the inner layer (1). The breathing activity of outsole (11) is guaranteed by the preferably microporous structure of inner layer (1) and the configuration of outer layer (2). The configuration of outer layer (2) is such that the surface of inner layer (1) available for water vapor exchange is restricted as little as possible. A microporous structure of insole (1) is achieved, for example, by a sintered plastic.

Abstract: An apparatus for setting a corner protector on a corner of a package comprises a gripping and positioning device (1) for gripping the corner protector and placing it onto the corner of the package, and a corner protector magazine (2). A storage space (3) in the magazine stores corner protectors arranged as a file. Conveying means (7-10) move the file in the storage space toward the delivery end. A gate (11) has been arranged to be moved between a closed position (II) and an open position (I). An arresting device (13) is provided with a separating tab (14) which moves between an arresting position (A) and a releasing position (B). In the arresting position (A), the separating tab is between the foremost corner protector (41) in the file and the second corner protector (42) next in the file so as to arrest the file of corner protectors while the gate (11) is in the open position (II).