Footwear for infants including a sole, a heel support extending above the sole and around a rear portion of the footwear, sidewalls attached to the sole and disposed along the sides of the footwear for supporting the sides of the infant's foot when held within the footwear. A front portion disposed in the front of the footwear and pivotable about the front of the footwear. The footwear can be configured in an open configuration when the front portion is pivoted about the front of the footwear and away from the sidewalls and a closed configuration when the front portion is pivoted about the footwear and toward the sidewalls thereby securing the foot of an infant therein. Two folds in the shoe can include opposing magnetic closure parts disposed thereon. The folds can include an upper-most fold, a middle fold, and a lower-most fold.

A flexible foot abduction apparatus allowing movement in a horizontal and vertical plane with an elongated member made of a shape memory material. The elongated bar is shaped such that it has both vertical and horizontal aspects to allow a user to more easily manipulate the apparatus in one or both planes. The elongated member has an original shape which can be selectively forced into a second shape by a user and then return to the original shape.

A disposable, low friction, breathable bootie is provided that accommodates the shape and size of a human foot. The bootie is made from a thin, flexible polymer sheet-like material in a generally tubular form. The bootie has a foot portion, a lower leg portion, and an ankle portion therebetween. The bootie includes a series of air vents in the foot portion and lower leg portion to provide airflow to the foot, while such vents are located to avoid key friction points between the foot and the ski boot during the donning and doffing processes. The bootie facilitates donning and doffing a ski boot. The vents provide breathability while the bootie is worn within the ski boot.

A disposable, low friction, breathable bootie is provided that accommodates the shape and size of a human foot. The bootie is made from a thin, flexible polymer sheet-like material in a generally tubular form. The bootie has a foot portion, a lower leg portion, and an ankle portion therebetween. The bootie includes a series of air vents in the foot portion and lower leg portion to provide airflow to the foot, while such vents are located to avoid key friction points between the foot and the ski boot during the donning and doffing processes. The bootie facilitates donning and doffing a ski boot. The vents provide breathability while the bootie is worn within the ski boot.

A ski boot, comprising a ski boot shell and a ski boot sole, wherein the ski boot sole comprises a front end of the ski boot sole, a rear end of the ski boot sole, a lower side of the sole and a free upper side of the sole via which the ski boot sole protrudes forwards, backwards and/or laterally beyond the ski boot shell, wherein the lower side of the sole comprises a first bearing region for placing upright on a bearing plate of a ski binding, and a second bearing region for walking without skis, wherein a width of the ski boot sole in the second bearing region is larger than a width of the ski boot sole in the first bearing region.

Disclosed here are a triboelectric generator electrode, manufacturing methods thereof, and light emitting shoes. The triboelectric generator electrode includes a porous electrode layer and a high molecular polymer insulating layer, and the porous electrode layer and the high molecular polymer insulating layer are mutually embedded to form an embedded body. The manufacturing method of the triboelectric generator electrode includes the following steps: (1) brushing a high molecular polymer insulating coating on the surface of a template having a microstructure, and carrying out a degassing treatment; (2) cutting a porous electrode layer with a smooth surface into a target size; (3) fitting the porous electrode layer to the surface of the high molecular polymer insulating coating, and carrying out a curing treatment; and (4) taking a high molecular polymer insulating coating/porous electrode layer composite film from the surface of the template.

Disclosed here are a triboelectric generator electrode, manufacturing methods thereof, and light emitting shoes. The triboelectric generator electrode includes a porous electrode layer and a high molecular polymer insulating layer, and the porous electrode layer and the high molecular polymer insulating layer are mutually embedded to form an embedded body. The manufacturing method of the triboelectric generator electrode includes the following steps: (1) brushing a high molecular polymer insulating coating on the surface of a template having a microstructure, and carrying out a degassing treatment; (2) cutting a porous electrode layer with a smooth surface into a target size; (3) fitting the porous electrode layer to the surface of the high molecular polymer insulating coating, and carrying out a curing treatment; and (4) taking a high molecular polymer insulating coating/porous electrode layer composite film from the surface of the template.

Embodiments of this invention relate to the design and construction method of a toddlers shoe that features a pivoting counter that completely disengages from the shoe upper. When the counter is unfastened from the upper, it is allowed to pivot up and down 180 degrees. The pivoting creates an opening in rear of the shoe allowing the user to easily insert foot into the shoe. Once foot is in the shoe, user can easily pivot the counter up to re-attach the counter to the upper, thus securing a foot into the shoe.

A toddler shoe has a squeaker or other air-powered noisemaker (collectively squeaker) that is selectively active in that the squeaker can be turned on or off. The squeaker can be turned on or off without removing the squeaker from the shoe, and because the squeaker remains in the shoe, the functional characteristics of the shoe are unaffected by the on or off state of the squeaker.

A toddler shoe has a squeaker or other air-powered noisemaker (collectively squeaker) that is selectively active in that the squeaker can be turned on or off. The squeaker can be turned on or off without removing the squeaker from the shoe, and because the squeaker remains in the shoe, the functional characteristics of the shoe are unaffected by the on or off state of the squeaker.