| US 7,565,755 B2 | ||
| Personally adjustable footwear | ||
| Ofer Tvoua, Rishon Lezion (Israel); Amir Tvoua, Rishon Lezion (Israel); and Offer Canfi, lehavim (Israel) | ||
| Assigned to Peeerfect Fit LLC, New York, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/561,429 PCT Filed Oct. 26, 2005, PCT No. PCT/IL2005/001117 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Dec. 19, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2006/046241, PCT Pub. Date May 04, 2006. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 164853 (IL), filed on Oct. 27, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0251126 A1, Nov. 01, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. A43B 3/26 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 36—97 [36/11.5] | 42 Claims |
| 1. Personally adjustable footwear comprising:
(a) at least one sole layer including: a toe portion, a heel portion, and an intermediate portion, said intermediate portion
being integrally formed with both said toe portion and said heel portion, said intermediate portion having a plurality of
openings passing substantially vertically through said sole layer deployed to provide a latticework pattern as viewed from
above so that said intermediate portion is elastically flexible to allow relative longitudinal displacement of said toe portion
and said heel portion to vary a length of said sole layer without significant variation in a thickness of said sole layer;
and
(b) a retention mechanism associated with both said toe portion and said heel portion, said retention mechanism being configured
for retaining any of a plurality of relative positions between said toe portion and said heel portion.
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