Patents by Inventor Mark J. Schauster

Mark J. Schauster has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Cushioned shoe construction
    Patent number: 8713818
    Abstract: A shoe construction including a shoe upper, an intermediate composite structure and an outsole. The composite structure underlies at least a portion of the upper and overlies at least a portion of the outsole. The composite structure includes cushion members with one cushion member being positioned to underlie a heel of a wearer and another cushion member being positioned to underlie the ball of the foot. The cushion member underlying the ball may be perforated. The composite structure can also include a relatively rigid lower member which can be perforated in the area of the ball of the foot underlying the cushion member for the ball of the foot. The composite structure can provide a flexure discontinuity in the shoe forward of the midfoot zone of the shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Brown Shoe Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel M. Doerer, Mark J. Schauster
  • CUSHIONED SHOE CONSTRUCTION
    Publication number: 20090188131
    Abstract: A shoe construction including a shoe upper, an intermediate composite structure and an outsole. The composite structure underlies at least a portion of the upper and overlies at least a portion of the outsole. The composite structure includes cushion members with one cushion member being positioned to underlie a heel of a wearer and another cushion member being positioned to underlie the ball of the foot. The cushion member underlying the ball may be perforated. The composite structure can also include a relatively rigid lower member which can be perforated in the area of the ball of the foot underlying the cushion member for the ball of the foot. The composite structure can provide a flexure discontinuity in the shoe forward of the midfoot zone of the shoe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: BROWN SHOE COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel M. Doerer, Mark J. Schauster