Patent Publication Number: US-2016242489-A1

Title: Shoe Assembly

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     Field of the Disclosure 
     The disclosure relates to shoe devices and more particularly pertains to a new shoe device for relieving podiatric pain. 
     SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a shoe that may be worn on a foot of a user. A therapeutic unit is positioned within the shoe. The therapeutic unit is comprised of copper such that the therapeutic unit may relieve podiatric pain when the user wears the shoe. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. 
     There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a front perspective view of a shoe assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a back view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a left side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a cross sectional view taken along line  4 - 4  of  FIG. 3  of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is a perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 6  thereof, a new shoe device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 6 , the shoe assembly  10  generally comprises a shoe  12  that may be worn on a foot  14  of a user  16 . The shoe  12  has a sole  18  and an upper  20  and the sole  18  has a bottom side  22  and a top side  24 . The upper  20  has an outer surface  26  and an inner surface  28  and the upper  20  is structured to define an opening  30  into the upper  20 . The upper  20  is coupled to the top side  24  of the sole  18  and the upper  20  has a back side  32 , a first lateral side  34 , a second lateral side  36  and a front side  38 . The upper  20  has a tongue portion  40  and the tongue portion  40  has a topmost surface  42  and a bottommost surface  44 . The tongue portion  40  extends between the front side  38  and the opening  30  in the upper  20 . The shoe  12  may be a tennis shoe or the like. 
     A therapeutic unit  46  is positioned within the shoe  12 . The therapeutic unit  46  is comprised of copper to relieve podiatric pain when the user  16  wears the shoe  12 . The therapeutic unit  46  comprises a plurality of upper plates  48  positioned between the outer surface  26  and the inner surface  28  of the upper  20 . The upper plates  48  are distributed along the back side  32 , the first lateral side  34 , the second lateral side  36  and the front side  38  of the upper  20 . The upper plates  48  surround the user&#39;s foot  14  when the user  16  wears the shoe  12 . 
     The upper plates  48  may include a front upper plate  50 , a pair of lateral upper plates  52  and a back upper plate  54 . The front upper plate  50 , the lateral upper plates  52  and the back upper plate  54  may each have a unique shape with respect to each other. The front upper plate  50  is positioned proximate a toe  56  of the shoe  12 . Each of the lateral upper plates  52  is positioned on opposite sides of the upper  20  and each of the lateral upper plates  52  may extend between the toe  56  of the shoe  12  and a quarter  58  of the shoe  12 . The back upper plate  54  may be positioned on a heel  60  of the shoe  12 . 
     A tongue plate  62  is positioned between the topmost surface  42  and the bottommost surface  44  of the tongue portion  40 . The tongue plate  62  is substantially coextensive with the tongue portion  40 , allowing the tongue plate  62  to cover a top  68  of the user&#39;s foot  14  when the user  16  wears the shoe  12 . A sole plate  70  is positioned between the top side  24  and the bottom side  22  of the sole  18  and the sole plate  70  is substantially coextensive with the sole  18 . 
     The shoe  12  includes a shoe lace  72 . The shoe lace  72  is threaded through the upper  20  to extend across the tongue portion  40 . The therapeutic unit  46  may include a lace plate  74  positioned within the shoe lace  72  and the lace plate  74  may be substantially coextensive with the shoe lace  72 . The copper material of the upper plates  48 , the tongue plate  62 , the sole plate  72  and the lace plate  74  may be structured such that the upper plates  48 , the tongue plate  62 , the sole plate  70  and the lace plate  74  are flexible. 
     In use, the shoe  12  is worn on the user&#39;s foot  14  when the user  16  seeks relief from podiatric pain. The user&#39;s foot  14  is inserted into the opening  30  in the upper  20 . 
     The shoe lace  72  is tied to retain the shoe  12  on the user&#39;s foot  14 . The therapeutic unit  46  relieves podiatric pain while the shoe  12  is worn. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.