Device suitable for being integrated in footwears soles, acting as cushioning, energy dissipation and stabilization means, including: a cushioning element made of a first material having a viscoelastic behavior; a conditioning element positioned under the cushioning element and made of a second material having a viscoelastic behavior; and a containing element positioned above the cushioning element and covering also the conditioning element. The cushioning element having first empty regions that are first through holes and second through holes and channels to pushing out the air when the device is subjected to a compression load.

A bonded mesh composite panel can be used to form a three-dimensional upper shell that includes extensions used for double-lasting and/or to otherwise provide a shelf to support foam padding. The foam padding may be, e.g., a foam midsole. The extensions of the upper shell may be located in a lower portion of the shell and may be bonded to the foam midsole in a heel, midfoot and/or forefoot regions.

A bonded mesh composite panel can be used to form a three-dimensional upper shell that includes extensions used for double-lasting and/or to otherwise provide a shelf to support foam padding. The foam padding may be, e.g., a foam midsole. The extensions of the upper shell may be located in a lower portion of the shell and may be bonded to the foam midsole in a heel, midfoot and/or forefoot regions.

Insole or inner sole which is intended for an item of footwear and is designed in the form of a pressure-ventilation sole (40a-e) such that a flexurally elastic pressure-exerting plate (10, 20, 30) rests on a lower sole, said pressure-exerting plate being displaceable by the user's body weight, when the user is moving, into transverse profiling in the interspace between the pressure-exerting plate (10, 20, 30), which is in the vicinity of the sole of the foot, and the lower sole and displacing the contained air volume in the manner of ventilation, wherein the lower sole of the pressure-ventilation sole (40a-e) is configured in the form of a corrugated structured sole (1) from a spring steel or a comparable plastic material, the transverse profiling thereof being designed in the form of a corrugated profile and being stable, and resistant to deformation, in relation to a compressive force acting vertically on the structured sole (1), and that the pressure-exerting plate (10, 20, 30), which is in the vicinity of the sole of the foot, can be displaced into the dimensionally stable corrugation valleys (12) of the structured sole (1) in the manner of a pumping and/or compression plate.

Insole or inner sole which is intended for an item of footwear and is designed in the form of a pressure-ventilation sole (40a-e) such that a flexurally elastic pressure-exerting plate (10, 20, 30) rests on a lower sole, said pressure-exerting plate being displaceable by the user's body weight, when the user is moving, into transverse profiling in the interspace between the pressure-exerting plate (10, 20, 30), which is in the vicinity of the sole of the foot, and the lower sole and displacing the contained air volume in the manner of ventilation, wherein the lower sole of the pressure-ventilation sole (40a-e) is configured in the form of a corrugated structured sole (1) from a spring steel or a comparable plastic material, the transverse profiling thereof being designed in the form of a corrugated profile and being stable, and resistant to deformation, in relation to a compressive force acting vertically on the structured sole (1), and that the pressure-exerting plate (10, 20, 30), which is in the vicinity of the sole of the foot, can be displaced into the dimensionally stable corrugation valleys (12) of the structured sole (1) in the manner of a pumping and/or compression plate.

An article of footwear with an upper including a ribbon structure is disclosed. The ribbon structure comprises ribbon sections running in at least two different directions. Ribbon sections are connected at nodes that may move substantially independently of other nodes. The ribbon structure can provide strength along one of the directions and may simultaneously remain slack in the other direction.

An article of footwear with an upper including a ribbon structure is disclosed. The ribbon structure comprises ribbon sections running in at least two different directions. Ribbon sections are connected at nodes that may move substantially independently of other nodes. The ribbon structure can provide strength along one of the directions and may simultaneously remain slack in the other direction.

Substrates with transparency to infrared body radiation and opacity in the visible light spectrum are provided and systems and methods for creation thereof are provided. The IR radiation transparent substrate is IR radiation transparent and visible light opaque with enough breathability and softness to make it suitable for use in garments for body thermal regulation. Further, the IR radiation transparent substrate is created utilizing nanofiber technology to form specific sized micro pores between the nanofibers.

This FOOT COVER to be used for the average skilled tradesman who performs work on roofs having sloped areas and or any professional who must access roof top areas as part of their everyday profession. Because it is designed of a combination of rubber having different durity and shock absorbing characteristic making it an everyday shoe; FOOT COVER has a wearsole that contains a hardening agent, which increases wearsole life expectancy. FOOT COVER is constructed of a synergistic blend such as but not limited to rubber, foam, plastic and fabric. Said wearsole upper being artesian innersole, but not limited to a two piece design having an outer, upper, inner, wearsole and elastic suitable for use on sloped areas, typical bottom having an elongated portion having protrusion and or indents or neither creating a gripping surface suitable for grasping said sloped areas of roof.

A method for manufacturing a rubber boot having a foamed layer includes a first step of coating of boot-shaped lining sheath and a second step of rubber injection. A boot-sole-section coating layer, a boot-vamp-section coating layer, a boot-heel-section coating layer, and a boot-shaft-section coating layer that are coated on a boot-shaped lining sheath, after cured, provide a hardened surface and a stiff support structure among the coating layers that help melted rubber to efficiently flow and fill up runners inside a mold to thereby prevent defects from being formed in a rubber layer formed on a surface of a rubber boot so manufactured.