Patent ID: 9655404
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A43B

Claim:
1. An insole assembly to be inserted in an item of footwear to provide foot support, the insole assembly comprising: a flexible full-length insole base having an upper contoured surface for engaging a plantar surface of a foot and a lower contoured surface opposite the upper contoured surface, and including a heel portion, a forefoot portion and midfoot portion between the heel portion and the forefoot portion; and a rigid heel cap having an upper contoured surface and a lower contoured surface opposite the upper contoured surface which has the same general contours as the upper contoured surface to define a thin shell structure, the rigid heel cap being bonded to the flexible full-length insole base with the upper contoured surface of the rigid heel cap in contact with the lower contoured surface of the flexible full-length insole base to underlie at least the heel portion thereof and provide support thereto, and the rigid heel cap including a plurality of engagement features protruding from the lower contoured surface thereof to engage a midsole of the item of footwear during use and to resist motion of the insole assembly relative to the midsole, wherein the plurality of engagement features includes a series of elongated, intersecting ridges that protrude from the lower contoured surface, wherein at least one engagement feature extends continuously from the midfoot portion to an aft end of the rigid heel cap.