A shoe insert is configured as a single component with a specifically-configured shape that provides internal shoe structural support while enhancing airflow within the shoe. The shoe insert is comprised of a rigid structure, such as plastic, that engages with the inner and outer sides of the shoe to provide sufficient support. The shoe insert's inner and outer sides, which engage with the shoe's inner and outer sides, have a grip portion with an upper opening substantially positioned at the shoe's ankle opening. This upper opening enables air to flow therethrough and provide breath to the shoe's interior cavity. Airflow holes spread sporadically throughout the shoe insert's body enables air to flow through the shoe insert and engage the shoe to provide breathability, thereby preventing moisture, mold, and stench.

A case includes a first shell to encapsulate a portion of a collectible. The first shell includes a planar first end having a recessed first edge. A wall is attached to the planar first end at the first edge of the planar first end and surrounds the portion of the collectible. A shoe tree includes a foot-shaped portion for insertion into the collectible and supporting the collectible. An end portion is attached to the foot-shaped portion and rests against the wall, wherein the first shell is configured to support the shoe tree. A second shell seals the case and includes a planar second end to be placed on a lip of the wall, wherein the collectible is configured to be encapsulated by the case. The planar second end has a recessed edge to align with the recessed first edge to enable the case to be stacked on a counterpart case.

In accordance with one aspect of the present description, a shoe treatment device is provided having a shoe interior engagement form expandable from a latched, contracted state to an expanded state. A user operated slide actuator positioned exterior to the shoe may drive the engagement form to expand to the expanded state. The slide actuator may be actuated to contract the engagement form back to the contracted state. A latch may latch the engagement form in the selected contracted or expansion state to facilitate insertion and removal and treatment of the shoe. Other aspects are described.

A hydraulic/pneumatic footwear molding device includes a foot shaped elastic capsule filling of fluid, pressurized by a pressurizing unit sealed and connected at the rear end of the elastic capsule. The elastic capsule is placed in the inner cavity of a lattice frame. When the liquid is used as the internal fluid medium of the elastic capsule and the pressurizing unit is in the form of an electric heating device capable of moving up and down, not only the pressurization of the liquid can be realized by the up-down movement of pressurizing unit to expand the elastic capsule, but also the heat molding can be achieved by heating the liquid as an electric iron.

A hydraulic/pneumatic footwear molding device includes a foot shaped elastic capsule filling of fluid, pressurized by a pressurizing unit sealed and connected at the rear end of the elastic capsule. The elastic capsule is placed in the inner cavity of a lattice frame. When the liquid is used as the internal fluid medium of the elastic capsule and the pressurizing unit is in the form of an electric heating device capable of moving up and down, not only the pressurization of the liquid can be realized by the up-down movement of pressurizing unit to expand the elastic capsule, but also the heat molding can be achieved by heating the liquid as an electric iron.

An insert adapted to be inserted into a shoe and provide support to an upper surface of the shoe so as to prevent the upper surface from deforming. The insert is made of a unitary body made of a flat and flexible material. The unitary body includes: (1) a forefoot portion; (2) a rearfoot portion extending from the forefoot portion; (3) a continuous peripheral wall about the unitary body; (4) an upper surface; and (5) a bottom surface opposing the upper surface.

A jig for an article of footwear includes a base plate and a footwear support assembly supported by the base plate. The support assembly includes an anchoring member extending from the base plate in a first direction, a toe last assembly extending from the base plate in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and including a toe last, and a first engaging member pivotally connected at first end thereof to the base plate.

In accordance with one aspect of the present description, a shoe treatment device is provided having a shoe interior engagement form expandable from a latched, contracted state to an expanded state. A user operated slide actuator positioned exterior to the shoe may drive the engagement form to expand to the expanded state. The slide actuator may be actuated to contract the engagement form back to the contracted state. A latch may latch the engagement form in the selected contracted or expansion state to facilitate insertion and removal and treatment of the shoe. Other aspects are described.

A shoe-tree that allows the user to care for and maintain the form of their shoes when not in use by employing a malleable form that can be molded to the shape and contour of the interior of said shoe, regardless of heel height. The shoe tree has a malleable, foam like soft body and a solid yet resilient and moldable infrastructure that allows the user to also bend the shoe-tree back to its original shape or to the shape to accommodate another shoe with a different heel height and interior shape. The invention, when inserted into a shoe, extends vertically beyond the interior heel area of the shoe to mimic the shape of the ankle. In this way, the shoe-tree is able to accommodate the straps, buckles and/or closures of the shoe by allowing them to wrap around the shoe-tree to maintain their intended form when the shoe is not in use.

Provided is an inflatable shoe insert for inserting in a shoe. The insert comprises first and second web plies that are sealed together at a plurality of seals that define an air chamber. The air chamber includes a front region having a toe expansion region uninterrupted by seals over an area so that when fully inflated, the front region expands to a height and medial-lateral width to support the shoe upper against collapsing. The air chamber further includes a retention portion having a region in which the seals are spaced closer together than in the toe expansion region so that when fully inflated, the retention portion expands to a medial-lateral width that is smaller than that in the toe expansion region, the retention portion having an anterior-posterior length that reaches the heel of the shoe to retain the front region in the toe box by pressure against the heel.