Shoe heel spring and stabilizer plate
CA 2040244 C · Owner: Claveria, Ric Y. · Inventors: Claveria, Ric Y.
Overview
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A thin, heel-sized plate formed of a composite sandwich of thermoplastic resin and carbon-glass fiber cloth has a pair of upwardly-flanged lateral edges front and rear, ends, and an integral, rearwardly-extending upwardly-, inclined, vertically-acting spring member appending from it. The device is encapsulated within the resilient material of the heel portion of the midsole of an athletic shoe such that the spring member is disposed below the calcaneus of the wearer's foot. The midsole is relieved in an area below the spring member to permit it to bend downward freely in response to heel-imparted forces. A "snubber" or stopper bushing can be molded into the outsole of the shoe to limit the …
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- Filed April 11, 1991 and granted September 24, 1996. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 11, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by April 11, 2013.
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