Patent ID: 6779283
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
An articulated footwear reinforcement, comprising:a first part which comprises a sole and an uprising portion having a substantially U-shaped configuration adapted to envelop a heel of a user; and a second part and a third part being provided on opposite sides of a foot and being joined to opposing sides of the uprising portion of the first part by a first pair of pins defining a common fixed, first pivoting axis and a second pair of pins defining respective second pivoting axes, the second pivoting axes being staggered with respect to the fixed, first pivoting axis, the second and third parts being separate parts and the second pivoting axes having a fixed arrangement with respect to the first part and a limited moving arrangement with respect to the second and third parts respectively, each of the second and third parts being movable forwards and backwards with respect to the first part around the fixed, first pivoting axis, and the second and third parts being independently movable with respect to each other.