Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a sole assembly having a first fixed portion and a second removable portion, wherein the removable portion is removably mounted to allow replacement, at least one projection extending from a peripheral edge area of the second portion and configured to be engaged with at least one portion of the sole assembly, at least one aperture formed in the second portion and at least one securing device which projects at least partially through the at least one aperture to secure the second portion to the sole assembly.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a sole assembly having a first fixed portion and a second removable portion, wherein the removable portion is removably mounted to allow replacement, at least one projection extending from a peripheral edge area of the second portion and configured to be engaged with at least one portion of the sole assembly, at least one aperture formed in the second portion and at least one securing device which projects at least partially through the at least one aperture to secure the second portion to the sole assembly.

Abstract: A pant cuff protector for use with long pants for holding a cuff of a pant leg away from the ground comprises a first clamping body affixed proximate a wearer's ankle, a second clamping body magnetically attractable to the first clamping body, and optionally a strap therebetween.

Abstract: This invention provides deformable low density trauma mitigation or pressure reducing composition comprising a viscous fluid and a plurality of macroparticulates and, optionally, microparticulates dispersed within the viscous fluid. The viscous fluid can comprise a water/oil emulsion, a glycerin/water mixture, a plasticizer or the like. In a further embodiment the composition comprises a viscous fluid and an enhancer which is a polytetrafluoroethylene-molybdenum disulfide combination.

Abstract: An outer sole for footware, having a rounded outer circumference and a plurality of concentric separate zones that are separated from one another by lanes which are incised into the sole. The lanes are incised from one side only and the side of the sole opposite that one side is covered with an adhesive layer for adhesion to the underside of footwear. The adhesive layer is covered by a protective foil adapted to be peeled off before the sole is applied to footwear.

Abstract: A shoe construction having a sole with an outsole shell that is filled with a filling material, such as polyurethane foam, and secured to the upper by a welt. The sole includes an insole having a downwardly extending rib, an outer shell defining a void containing the filling material, and a welt that interconnects the outsole shell and the insole with the upper. To assemble the construction, the upper is lasted and either stitched or stapled to the insole. The welt is then stitched or stapled to the insole/upper combination. Next, the filling material is poured into the void in the outsole shell and the shell is directly attached by the filling material to the upper/insole/welt assembly. The outsole welt is stitched to the shell around the entire periphery of the sole. The stitch extends between a stitch groove in the welt and a stitch groove in the outsole shell.