Patent ID: 6550160
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: A43B,A63B

Abstract:
A shoe device comprising:an upper shoe section sized and configured to receive a person's foot therein; a sole section joined to said upper shoe section along an interface seam, said sole section having a top surface, a bottom surface and a shaped depression disposed between said top surface and said bottom surface below said interface seam, wherein said top surface and said bottom surface are both definable by two sides, which are a right side and a left side; a pneumatic bladder disposed within said shaped depression within said sole section, said pneumatic bladder having an inflated state and a deflated state, wherein, while in said inflated state, said pneumatic bladder causes one of said two sides of said top surface of said sole section to deform along said interface seam and protrude into said upper shoe section, thereby creating an uneven surface within said shoe device upon which a person's foot would rest while wearing said shoe device.