Abstract: An athletic shoe having a quarter and outer material covering portions thereof providing a window in the covering and an access opening into the space between the quarter and outer material.

Abstract: A ski boot having a jointed lockable leg portion includes a sole suitable for walking on ice or snow. The boot has a normalized sole attachment compatible with most ski bindings and having at least one bottom opening for the discharge of ice or snow accumulating between the foot portion of the ski boot and the normalized sole. The ski boot and normalized sole have rear interlocking elements and front pressure-releasable locking parts.

Abstract: A ski boot possesses a foot portion and sole constructed for comfortable and easy walking. A separately formed normalized sole attachment for the ski boot interlocks securely therewith and renders the boot compatible to substantially any ski binding.

Abstract: A non-slipping attachment for a boot, shoe, sneaker and the like is provided and consists of a toe portion, a heel portion and a resilient center bridge for stretchably connecting the toe and heel portions. Both the toe and heel portions have a plurality of downwardly disposed ground gripping spikes. Another design has adjustable spikes for raising the footwear to different heights.

Abstract: A shoe having means for displaying a picture or the like comprising a saddle portion having an inner and outer wall, a window in the outer wall, a plastic element secured to the perimeter of the window; a pocket formed by joining the three edges of the window and plastic element to the inner wall with one edge remaining unattached to form an entranceway for the insertion of a display into said pocket; a shoelace carrier comprising an inner member which may be an extension of the inner wall of the saddle and an outer member; the lower edge of the inner member being attached to the upper edge of the inner wall of the saddle or being a part of said inner wall, and the lower edge of the outer member being attached to the outer wall of the saddle; an entranceway to the pocket formed between the inner and outer members of the shoelace carrier and contiguous eyelets in the inner and outer member of the shoelace carrier accommodating a shoestring whereby when the shoestring is laced through the eyelets and tightened

Abstract: A laced athletic shoe includes an external, cup-form counter having eyelets defined in its forwardly extending surfaces adapted to receive the ends of shoelaces extending from the laced portion of the shoe. The cup-form counter extends about the heel portion of the shoe upper along the rear and sides of the upper and also below the wearer's heel above the sole. When the laces are drawn tightly, the counter cupping the wearer's heel through the upper is drawn toward the laced portion to snug the shoe about the wearer's foot to restrict undesired movement of the foot within the shoe. The external cup-form counter with side eyelets is also claimed separately.

Abstract: A device capable of use with a golf shoe for removal of a golf ball from the ground and placement thereof on a tee by a handicapped golfer having the inability to manually remove the ball from the ground and manually placing the ball on a tee.

Abstract: A ski boot having a curved bottom which includes four portions defining, during walking, a unique path for the force vector of the user's weight as the user walks and having defined angular and special relationships which make walking in a ski boot easier, safer and move convenient is described.

Abstract: A ski boot is described in which the body of the boot may be moved in a crosswise direction in relation to the sole, in such a way that it may be correctly aligned with respect to the ski. More particularly, the sole has at least one of its ends, the toe or the heel, joined to the body in a gliding manner, by means of an essentially prismatic connection (dovetail). In that way, the body of the boot may be fixed on a ski in the position that is morphologically most suitable for the skier.

Abstract: A stabilization device for controlling the degree of roll of a running shoe which includes at least upper and lower laminar sole elements including an upper plate superposed on and substantially conforming to the top surface of the upper sole element, a lower plate spaced from said and interposed between the upper and lower sole elements and a side wall extending between and connected to the upper and lower plates and substantially conforming to the side of the upper sole element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for determining the number of steps and the distance walked.The present invention not only accumulates the number of steps walked, but also determines the distance which the walker has walked.

Abstract: A conventional ski boot is provided with a walking attachment configured as a removable, curved sole arranged with toe and heel straps configured to be clipped over the front and rear ledges of the boot, the deepest portion of the curved sole being located under the ball of the foot for allowing the foot to rock rearward, thus enabling the leg to be straightened at the knee for normal walking.

Abstract: An improved runner's athletic shoe for training and/or racing is disclosed. The improved shoe comprises a preformed, cushioned unitary sole-heel structure and a lightweight, laced vamp upper structure extending from the base structure. The improvement comprises a weight pocket at the outside of a toe region of the upper structure, for receiving removeable weights therein at a maximum moment arm relative to rotation of the runner's ankle. Further improvements in heel and side pockets for additional weights are also disclosed.

Abstract: A skate converter adapted to receive shoe skates and which upon fastening thereto permits the wearer to walk safely in shopping malls and buildings where skate bearing persons are generally prohibited. The converter includes a sole plate and two front and rearwardly spaced apart arcuate sections all of which are covered with a treadlike material to easily grip floors and rugs.

Abstract: A golf aid device comprises an attachment to be secured to the shoe of the golfer to be worn on the foot that will assume the stance position closest to the target when addressing the ball for a fairway or tee shot. The attachment is disposed beneath the sole of the shoe and along the outside edge thereof. The attachment includes a pair of linkage members and an elongated member having an arcuate surface that slopes toward the outside edge of the sole and upon which the golfer can pivot following an impact with the ball and during the subsequent follow-through of the golf swing. One end of each linkage member is slotted to provide an adjustable connection to the conventional spikes on the shoe. The other end of each linkage member is pivotally connected to the elongated member.

Abstract: In an athletic shoe having a pocket, generally disposed laterally and mounted upon the quarter portion for the shoe, the pocket comprises a liner of material, or a pair of the same, each stitched or otherwise fastened to the side of the shoe, so that the front and back edges of the pocket are confiningly affixed to the shoe, while the bottom edge of the pocket may be stitched to the quarter panel upwardly of the sole, or the same may be secured with the shoe through the effort of the stitching that holds the sole shank to the shoe quarter portion. Proximate the upward edge of the formed pocket, in one embodiment, is stitched to the shoe near the location of its eyestay, and having a zipper provided through the pocket, or at least its front liner, to attain access into the pocket and wherein miscellaneous personal items may be located for safe keeping, particularly during shoe usage, as when jogging.

Abstract: A flexible sole that can be attached by a skater to his roller skates to immobilize the wheels and provide a sole surface for relatively normal walking. The sole includes an elongated sheet with releasable mounting members at opposite ends. The mounting members may be attached to the skate in such a manner that the sheet is drawn tautly over the wheels. The wheels are engaged by an upper surface of the sheet while a bottom surface functions as a relatively stationary walking surface.

Abstract: A sole attachment or undersupport in the form of a plate attached to the sole of footwear, in particular a ski boot, wherein the lower tread or walking surface is domed in the direction of the sole. The plate is provided with holder elements which engage over the sole. One of the holder elements is rigid, the other holder element is movable. Fixing means, for instance pins are provided, which engage into bores provided at the ski boot sole. The plate consists of telescopically adjustable plate portions. There are also provided recesses in the tread surface and adjustable anti-skid elements, such as adjustable pins serving to prevent slipping or skidding by the user. Holders can be provided for securing the sole attachment at a ski when it is not worn at the ski boot or the like.

Abstract: A ski boot device for facilitating walking comprises a profiled member for connection to the sole of a ski boot, and mobile from a first position in which it is flush with the plane defined by the sole to a second position in which it projects from the sole plane.

Abstract: A tap is strapped to the toe of ordinary street shoes for amateur type tap dancing and slipped over the fingers of those confined to wheelchairs for hand tapping. A thin body of hard material has spaced slots thru which a strap is passed which is fastened over the top of the toe of the shoe. The tap body is thinned on one surface between the slots and is thinned outboard of the slots on the other side to accomodate the thickness of the strap. The strap is preferably elastic and coated with a tacky material on the shoe side to retain it in place on the toe of the shoe.

Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus attachable to an Alpine ski boot for aiding the wearer in walking. This apparatus comprises an auxiliary sole attachable under the sole of the ski boot and having an upper surface for accommodating the ski boot sole and a lower surface for engaging the ground. A given curvature is provided on the lower surface for approximating the normal heel-to-toe walking motion. A pocket in a leading end portion of the auxiliary sole surroundingly engages a toe portion of the ski boot sole. An elongate, elastically deformable cord grippingly engages the heel portion of the ski boot. This cord has a pair of studs attached to its respective ends. A plurality of stud-engaging slots are spaced at predetermined intervals longitudinally of the auxiliary sole for releasably engaging these studs to provide a range of adjustment of the effective length of the unstressed cord.

Abstract: A ski boot is provided including a lower sole portion and an upper boot portion supported from and secured to the lower sole portion. The upper boot portion is constructed of stiff material, but includes transverse corrugations extending forwardly and upwardly along opposite sides of the upper and across the instep portion thereof. The corrugations enable forward flexing of the upper portion of the upper boot portion as required to enable a skier to bend his knees and to lean forwardly, and the sole portion is substantially rigid, except in the portion thereof underlying the area of the boot in which the ball of the associated foot is to be received. This portion of the sole is flexible to enable localized flexing of the sole when walking and an attachment is provided therefor operable to selectively render the entire sole substantially inflexible, the attachment being worn while skiing.

Abstract: A training aid for foot muscles comprising a toe portion having a core member made of heavy metal such as lead and a resilient surface member surrounding the core member, and a heel portion having a core member made of heavy metal such as lead and a resilient surface member surrounding the core member. The toe and heel portions are so shaped that they form substantially a sole configuration, when they are placed side by side on the sole of a shoe.

Abstract: A resilient, compressible, spherical member is attached to each end of an elongated, flexible strap. Each member is dimensioned for close fitting emplacement in a ski boot after which a boot clamp is fastened to removably retain the member in the boot. Thus clamped, the strap may be slung over the user's shoulder, with a boot at either strap end, for boot transport. In a modification, the strap may be looped over a ski rack and a lock is provided between the members. A flexible elongated band is dimensioned lengthwise to fit snugly about ski equipment, such as a pair of skis and ski poles, and is provided at its ends with eyelets for locking engagement with the lock whereby the equipment may be locked to the rack.

Abstract: A walking attachment is provided for use with ski boots to permit booted skiers to walk upright on foot. The attachment is formed with a generally flat upper surface substantially coextensive with the length and width of the boot sole, while the bottom surface of the attachment is curved from end to end. A hinged bail is provided at the rear end of the attachment for gripping engagement with the heel portion of the boot while a spring loaded, retractable clamp is mounted to the forward portion of the attachment for detachably engaging the toe portion of the boot.

Abstract: A combination ski boot walker and carrier including a pair of sole portions, each to be attached to the sole of a downhill ski boot by heel and toe clamps. The sole portions have generally curved lower surfaces which facilitate walking in the rigid ski boots. Elastic straps are attached to both sides of each sole portion, and when used as a carrier, the straps on the sides of one sole portion are engaged with fasteners on the corresponding sides of the other sole portion to thereby interconnect the straps in a generally X-shaped configuration on both sides of the sole portions.

Abstract: A ski boot is here disclosed as having a sole and a leg sheath. The sheath has a forwardly inclined axis and the boot being comprised of a relatively rigid material. A boot heel is mounted on said sole and has upper and lower heel parts. A lower heel part socket is positioned forwardly of said heel and is shaped to receive the lower heel part. A hinge connects the upper and lower heel parts in hinged assembly together with the lower heel part being operable to function to provide a support for the upper heel part when the ski boot is in a first standing position and with the upper heel part then being in overlying relation to the lower heel part. The lower heel part is swingable on the hinge to a position to one side of said lower heel part and into said socket, thus exposing the upper heel part, thus enabling the wearer to walk more comfortably.

Abstract: The invention provides a device for covering on a tennis shoe the worn area resulting from dragging the rear foot when hitting the ball and moving into the play, the device comprising a side wall having a curve generally conforming to the side and front of the shoe adjacent the big toe of the wearer and an integral bottom member that extends under the worn part of the sole, the device being fabricated from a tough material more flexible than the shoe whereby in conjunction with the shape of the device it will conform more easily to various different sizes of shoes having the worn area in various locations mainly beneath and forward of the big toe.

Abstract: There is provided a combined holder and sole accessory for ski boots or ice skates, wherein the sole accessory includes a resiliently selectively extensible two-piece member including a front piece and a rear piece, retaining means on the front piece adapted to engage the toe of the sole of a ski boot, and a heel engaging means on the rear piece adapted to engage the heel of a sole of a ski boot and the member having a flat platform surface coinciding with the flat surface of a ski boot sole and the member having a convexly curved ground engaging surface extending from the toe to the heel, whereby when the ski boot is worn without skis but including the sole accessory, the curve of the ground engaging surface will simulate normal ambulatory movement.

Abstract: A device for facilitating walking while wearing a ski boot includes a main body portion which shifts the center of gravity of the ski boot and which is fitted to the sole of the ski boot. The device includes means for attaching the device to the heel and toe portions of the ski boot associated therewith. When fitted to a ski boot a walking type of movement is effectuated, which enables the user to wear ski boots, without discomfort, for extended periods of time while walking with the ski boot.

Abstract: A ski boot construction comprises a ski boot sole having a bottom substantially planar face with a recess defined in the face centrally between a front sole portion and a rear sole portion forming a heel. A walking aid comprises a member which has a face engageable over the front face portion and an opposite ground engaging face which projects outwardly from the front portion, providing an abutment to raise the front portion off the ground in a walking position so as to cause the vertical center line of the boot to shift to a substantially vertical position. The walking aid is mounted so that it may be moved, for example, pivoted, so that it becomes disposed in the recess between the front and rear portion of the sole, so that the sole defines a surface which again orients the boot so that the center line of the boot is disposed so that it tilts forwardly from the vertical for skiing.

Abstract: A permanent magnet is fixably mounted on a typical golf shoe to retain a thin metal disc when placed thereon. The disc, which is brightly colored, may be removed from the magnet to mark the position of a golf ball on a putting green. The disc may then later be placed back on the magnet where it is retained for further use.

Abstract: An attachment for securing to a conventional ski boot to facilitate safe walking by a wearer. The device comprises a generally elastic member adapted to receive the bottom of the ski boot, the member including a first portion for receiving the toe of the boot and a second portion for receiving the heel of the boot, together with an intermediate portion extending between the toe and heel-receiving portions. The toe and heel portions each include a platform projecting below the intermediate portion. Such platforms contact the ground during the wearer's walking to enable movement of the foot and limb in a manner simulative of normal walking, without, however, requiring flexure of the boot. The platform at the heel portion is substantially thicker than that at the toe portion, typically being approximately twice the thickness of the toe platform. Both toe and heel platforms preferably comprise a resilient material such as sponge rubber.

Abstract: A wedge - shaped device for golfers includes an inwardly inclined surface against which the golfer in effect pushes with his rear foot during the execution of a club swing. At the lower and upper edges of the inclined surface upward extensions are provided, between which the golfer's rearwardly positioned shoe is located. A screw threaded plunger element is provided in the upper extension to compress the lower portion of the shoe between the upper and lower extensions, and thus clamp the device to the golfer's shoe.

Abstract: A plate-like body member is arranged to be secured on the bottom of a boot sole over existing binding holes in the bottom surface of the boot sole which receive stabilizing pins on the ski. Apertures are provided in the body member in alignment with the binding holes in the ski boot to reinforce the binding holes against lateral wear. The body member has upturned tabs arranged to extend up the side edges and over the top of the sole. These tabs are secured to the sole by suitable fasteners. The body member has an elongated upturned tab at the front arranged to lie against the front edge of the boot sole for further stability.

Abstract: A ski-boot cleat which is adapted to be removably attached to the well known ski boot whereby the skier can stand erect in a substantially vertical position when the cleat is positioned under the ball of the foot. The cleat comprises a main cleat body having the bottom surface formed with a plurality of transverse rib members, whereby the boot can fulcrum thereon, the upper surface being formed with a recess having longitudinal flange members located on the opposite sides of the recess wherein the sole of the boot is received therein. The cleat includes a resilient strap secured thereto, the strap being arranged to be mounted over the outer peripheral edge of the sole.