US 12,262,777 B2
Rapid-entry footwear having an arm for expanding an opening
Craig Cheney, Lindon, UT (US); and Seth Munger, Springville, UT (US)
Assigned to FAST IP, LLC, Lindon, UT (US)
Filed by FAST IP, LLC, Lindon, UT (US)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/534,619.
Application 18/534,619 is a continuation of application No. 17/982,185, filed on Nov. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,839,258.
Application 17/982,185 is a continuation of application No. 17/015,894, filed on Sep. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,490,680, issued on Nov. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/897,881, filed on Sep. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0148103 A1, May 9, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A43B 11/00 (2006.01); A43B 3/24 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 11/00 (2013.01) [A43B 3/248 (2013.01); A43B 23/0265 (2013.01); B25J 19/022 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rapid-entry shoe comprising:
a sole portion;
an upper coupled to the sole portion, the upper defining a topline; and
a pair of arms, each arm coupled adjacent to the sole portion and extending adjacent to the topline;
wherein the rapid-entry shoe has a collapsed configuration in which the topline is expanded to facilitate reception of a foot of an individual donning the rapid-entry shoe;
wherein the rapid-entry shoe has an uncollapsed configuration in which the topline is unexpanded to retain the foot within the rapid-entry shoe;
wherein the pair of arms cross at a crossing point and wherein the crossing point changes between the collapsed configuration and the uncollapsed configuration such that the pair of arms slide along their respective lengths past each other between the collapsed configuration and the uncollapsed configuration; and
wherein the rapid-entry shoe is biased by the pair of arms toward the uncollapsed configuration.