US 12,433,366 B2
Shoe having toe separating elements
Kevin James Kulat, Downers Grove, IL (US)
Assigned to Kevin James Kulat, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Kevin James Kulat, Downers Grove, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/412,524.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/594,494, filed on Oct. 31, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/516,429, filed on Jul. 28, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/511,505, filed on Jun. 30, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/453,085, filed on Mar. 18, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/439,105, filed on Jan. 14, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0237780 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A43B 7/26 (2006.01); A43B 7/1425 (2022.01); A43B 7/16 (2006.01); A43B 13/14 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC A43B 7/26 (2013.01) [A43B 7/1425 (2013.01); A43B 7/16 (2013.01); A43B 13/14 (2013.01); A43B 13/145 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sole for footwear for a foot, having a centerline, comprising:
a hindfoot portion beginning at a hindmost surface of a heel and concluding at a foremost surface of the heel;
a midfoot portion coupled to the hindfoot portion, the midfoot portion beginning at a foremost surface of the hindfoot portion and configured to conclude before metatarsal heads of the foot, the midfoot portion including first lateral and first medial edges flared away from the centerline at first and second angles;
a forefoot portion coupled to the midfoot portion, the forefoot portion configured to begin before metatarsal heads of the foot and conclude in a foremost surface beyond distal apexes of phalanges of the foot;
the forefoot portion including a second lateral edge flared away from the centerline at a third angle which is larger than the first angle, the forefoot portion further including a second medial edge flared away from the centerline at a fourth angle which is larger than the second angle;
wherein the second lateral edge of the forefoot portion is configured to terminate distally beyond a distal apex of a fifth phalange of the foot, when the fifth phalange is articulated to maximum lateral position, and the second medial edge of the forefoot portion is configured to terminate distally beyond a distal apex of a first phalange of the foot, when the first phalange is articulated to maximum medial position, and
wherein the second lateral edge and second medial edge are single straight edges increasing in distance from the centerline from a proximal end to a distal end.