Patent ID: 9586082
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A43B,A63B

Claim:
1. An article of footwear for use in a resistance exercise system for sports enhancement of the type in which one or more elastic resistance bands are attached between a user's torso and one or more limbs or extremities, said article of footwear adapted to be worn by the user and comprising: a body member having a forward portion, a rearward portion, and left and right edges; a first strap extending over said forward portion between two first strap attachment locations at said left and right edges, respectively, said strap having slack so as to be loosely spaced above said forward portion; and a first connection ring member disposed about and freely movable along said first strap, said ring and strap being configured and constructed to be connected at said ring to an elastic resistance band and such that, when the ring is pulled by a force applied thereto through an elastic resistance band, the ring is free to both traverse the strap and pull it in the direction of the force, wherein said slack is sufficient to permit the ring to be so pulled transversely outwardly of the body member beyond said first and second edges.