Patent ID: 6101655
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
A method of constructing a shoe, which comprises:forming a pair of spaced apart, open faced pockets in an interior portion of a last for assembling the shoe;securing inserts within the pockets and beneath a lining of the shoe located in a counter of the shoe wherein said inserts are positioned below an upper edge of the counter and are completely enclosed beneath said lining;securing said lining to said counter; andpositioning a sole member having a cup portion into the shoe such that the cup portion extends from a heel portion of the shoe to a position in proximity with an arch portion of the shoe so as to make the shoe more comfortable for an individual wearing the shoe and to provide stabilization of a heel of the individual wearing the shoe, said inserts being positioned so as to extend a substantially uniform distance from a top line portion of the shoe, and said inserts reducing a width dimension of an upper opening and the heel portion of the shoe so as to be engageable via said lining with a side portion of a heel of an individual.