Abstract: An article is provided and includes a first ballistic particle impenetrable material, which is formable into a pack and a second material, which is formable into an enclosure for the pack, the enclosure having an interior facing surface in abutment with a substantial entirety of an exterior of the pack.

Abstract: A skate shoe apparatus may be used with a skate (e.g., an ice skate, a traditional roller skate or an inline skate) to provide a walking surface for a skater resembling that of a shoe or boot. The skate shoe apparatus includes a channel to receive a lower travel surface of a skate and support members to provide support (e.g., lateral support) for the skate and distribute lateral forces produced by the skate across the skate shoe apparatus. Additionally, the skate shoe apparatus prevents damage to the travel surface of a skate and increased safety when a skater wearing the skate walks on non-skating surfaces (e.g., walking in ice skates from a dressing area to the ice or across a parking lot to an arena or walking in traditional roller skates or inline skates in a store or restaurant).

Abstract: An article is provided and includes a first ballistic particle impenetrable material, which is formable into a pack and a second material, which is formable into an enclosure for the pack, the enclosure having an interior facing surface in abutment with a substantial entirety of an exterior of the pack.

Abstract: An article is provided and includes a first ballistic particle impenetrable material, which is formable into a pack and a second material, which is formable into an enclosure for the pack, the enclosure having an interior facing surface in abutment with a substantial entirety of an exterior of the pack.

Abstract: A skate shoe apparatus may be used with a skate (e.g., an ice skate, a traditional roller skate or an inline skate) to provide a walking surface for a skater resembling that of a shoe or boot. The skate shoe apparatus includes a channel to receive a lower travel surface of a skate and support members to provide support (e.g., lateral support) for the skate and distribute lateral forces produced by the skate across the skate shoe apparatus. Additionally, the skate shoe apparatus prevents damage to the travel surface of a skate and increased safety when a skater wearing the skate walks on non-skating surfaces (e.g., walking in ice skates from a dressing area to the ice or across a parking lot to an arena or walking in traditional roller skates or inline skates in a store or restaurant).

Abstract: A method of forming a shoe component for an individual is provided and includes defining a footprint of the shoe component for the individual with an orientation relative to a rocker bottom of sheets that each have the rocker bottom and various thicknesses, selecting, from among the sheets, a sheet having a thickness appropriate for the individual based on the orientation of the footprint and removing a portion from the selected sheet reflective of a shape and size of a profile of the footprint.

Abstract: An article is provided and includes a first ballistic particle impenetrable material, which is formable into a pack and a second material, which is formable into an enclosure for the pack, the enclosure having an interior facing surface in abutment with a substantial entirety of an exterior of the pack.

Abstract: A shoe sole unit having a polymeric tread including a plurality of lateral structures extending along the midportion of the sole unit and seated in the interior of the tread. The shoe sole unit also has two longitudinal structures to link the lateral structures as well as a heel cradle.

Abstract: The invention relates to an outer layer of a shoe, which is adapted to receive a variety of outsoles or portions thereof. The outer layer includes a base having a bottom surface, at least one cleat and at least one receptacle provided in the base. The at least one receptacle is adapted to receive at least one cleat. The outsole or outsole portion is positioned over the base and held in position with at least one cleat and receptacle.