Patent ID: 7793427
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A footwear construction comprising: an upper including a peripheral allowance at a lower portion of the upper, a separate flange joined with the peripheral allowance; a platform defining a cushion aperture and including an underside, the platform positioned adjacent the upper; a cushion insert adjacent the platform and projecting at least partially into the cushion aperture; and an outsole joined with at least one of the platform and the upper, wherein the flange extends downwardly from the peripheral allowance and wraps around at least a portion of the underside of the platform, wherein the platform and the cushion insert extend a height above the wrapped portion of the flange and the outsole, whereby when a user's foot is in the footwear construction, the foot is positioned at about the height so that the user's stature is increased by about the height and the foot is simultaneously cushioned by the cushion insert.