Patent ID: 9615630
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: A43B,A43D

Claim:
1. A method for modifying a high-heeled shoe to reduce an impact force on a wearer's foot, the method comprising the steps of: providing a unitary resilient external pad for attachment to a transition area of an external sole of the high-heeled shoe, the resilient external pad having a geometry defined by a contiguous perimeter edge separating an upper resilient pad surface and an opposite lower resilient pad surface, the perimeter edge and the lower resilient pad surface joined by a lower radial edge portion, the resilient external pad having a variable thickness wherein the thickness of the resilient pad tapers from a first thickness proximate a rear portion thereof to a reduced resilient pad thickness proximate a forward portion thereof, and further wherein said lower surface has a generally convex contour which, in combination with said lower radial edge, functions to effect said reduced impact force on the wearer's foot while walking in said shoe; cleaning the toe region of the shoe outsole; applying a curable adhesive to at least one surface selected from the group consisting of the top surface of the external pad and the toe region outsole of the shoe; affixing the top surface of the external pad to the shoe outsole; curing the applied curable adhesive for a specified period of time corresponding to the type of curable adhesive that is applied; and trimming the outer contour of the external pad to conform to the outer contour of the outsole.