Abstract: A tread is inserted into a shoe sole. The tread includes a base portion and a stem portion which extends away from a first side of the base portion and is connectable to the shoe sole. The stem portion includes longitudinal ridges disposed thereabout and extending radially therefrom. A projection portion extends away from a second side of the base portion.

Abstract: A two piece shoe bottom construction including a platform structure and a heel structure. The platform structure has a forward toe support portion and a rear raised portion, the rear raised portion being elevated substantially above the toe portion so that it will correspond to a particular height of a heel portion. The heel structure has a heel portion and a downwardly inclined protruding tongue portion integrally formed with the upper front part of the heel portion. The protruding tongue portion has a concave shaped lower side. An alignment anchor is integrally formed with the protruding tongue portion and located at one end which is remote from the heel portion. The platform structure has a closed cavity which extends from the middle of the toe portion through the end of the rear raised portion.

Abstract: A lift for shoes is formed by injection molding a thermoplastic polyurethane resin which contains carbon fiber formed into linear pieces and cut to a predetermined length. This lift for shoes is a nonslip lift having a high abrasion resistance, a high impact resistance, a high moldability and a high operation efficiency concerning the production of shoes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shoe having an improved unitary dual hardness dowel-lift with superior wear and non-slip characteristics. The dual hardness dowel-lift includes a hard polyurethane top portion and a soft polyurethane bottom portion. The bottom portion is cast onto the top portion. The bottom portion is a softer material which possesses a hardness lower than the top portion as measured by the Shore A Hardness test, and preferably is a thermoset polyurethane elastomer.

Abstract: A plastic heel of shoes or boots decorated with irregular figure on its surface. The irregular figure is a copy of leather or leather-like material. The heel has high quality of appearance and excellence in strength, water resistance and heat resistance so as to extend the life thereof. The costs of producing the heel is reduced by using a metal mold thereof compared with the method for producing a heel by bonding leather or leather-like material to a surface of a heel body one by one.

Abstract: A plastic heel of shoes or boots decorated with irregular figure on its surface. The irregular figure is a copy of leather or leather-like material. The heel has high quality of appearance and excellence in strength, water resistance and heat resistance so as to extend the life thereof. The costs of producing the heel is reduced by using a metal mold thereof compared with the method for producing a heel by bonding leather or leather-like material to a surface of a heel body one by one.

Abstract: The present invention relates to orthopedic splinting articles and methods for forming orthopedic splints at least part way around an animal body part. The splinting articles comprise a unitary blank formed of an open-celled foam sheet impregnated with a water curable, isocyanate functional, polyurethane prepolymer resin. The blank is dimensioned to extend the length of the body part to be immobilized and to partially, but preferably not completely, extend around the circumference of the body part. Upon activation of the resin impregnated foam sheet and molding the same around the body part, an orthopedic splint is formed. The present invention further relates to the use of such resin-impregnated foam materials as walking heels or laminates betweeen casts and walking heels, as supports for orthotic devices such as arch supports for foot orthotics, and as protective coverings for animal hoofs.

Abstract: A shoe heel, particularly for a woman's shoe, has a body with a small cross-sectional end area and a wear piece or heelpiece of an abrasion-resistant material. The body and wear piece are connected by a pair of telescoping tubes having non-circular cross-sectional shapes, one of which is embedded in the body during molding thereof, and the lower end of the other is embedded in the wear piece. The tubes have aligned slots with material exposed to increase the frictional engagement for holding them together.

Abstract: A urethane prepolymer repair system is provided by an isocyanate-terminated polytetramethylene ether glycol prepolymer of about 3,500-10,500 molecular weight that cures to an elastomer upon exposure to atmospheric moisture and is packaged in a container capable of repeatedly dispensing the prepolymer with minimal exposure to ambient air, such as a collapsible tube or caulking gun cartridge. The repair system is used to build up worn down soles and heels of footwear, repair separations of soles and heels from shoe tops, and hundreds of other uses.

Abstract: A sole-heel assembly for women shoes, particularly of the high heel type, made of a plastics material, is described, which is formed of a single piece and is provided, inwardly with respect to the heel, with a reinforcing core having a hole for the fixing of the heel top-piece. A stiffening element is embedded in the sole and extends from the top of the heel as far as the overall front part of the foot-sole. The heel is laterally and rearwardly covered by a thin sheet material. The heel is covered on the front face by a further thin sheet material. The thin sheet material consists of skin, synthetic skin, wood or plastics laminate, and the reinforcing core and stiffening element are made of wood, metal, premolded plastics material or the like.

Abstract: The invention relates to an injection molded, raised heel, shoe sole structure of improved strength characteristics. The shoe sole consists of (i) a unitary shoe sole member comprising a raised heel, a foot supporting member and a shank portion connecting the heel and the foot supporting member; (ii) a toplift member positioned on the terminal portion of the raised heel of the sole member; and (iii) a free-standing metallic support member embedded within the full length of the heel and a portion of the shank portion of the sole member. The toplift member is attached to and supported by a free end of the metallic support member.

Abstract: A heel for a shoe is of plastics material with a steel reinforcement member. An aperture is provided for a pin of a top piece. A cavity surrounds the top of the reinforcement member to allow for expansion on the insertion of the pin. The manufacture of heels by injection moulding is also described.

Abstract: A fastener, for instance a wide staple having holes in its legs, is heated to a temperature above the softening temperature of the material of a heel to be attached to a shoe. The fastener is then inserted through pre-formed slots in an insole of the shoe and pressed into the heel so that heat from the fastener softens the plastic and the fastener becomes embedded in the heel to hold it attached.

Abstract: In a shoe construction, effective chemical bonding rather than nailing of a lower rubber heel to an inner heel base is enabled by the chemical composition and surface conditioning of the latter. The chemical composition is characterized by a mixture of a polyethylene, an ethylene vinyl copolymer, a filler, and a dessicant in particular proportions. The surface conditioning is characterized by an oxidizing flame treatment.