A heel pad for placement within a shoe and a method of use. The heel pad includes a pliable body, a filler element contained within the pliable body, and a malleable member fastened within the pliable body and extending along at least part of a length of the pliable body. In use, the heel pad is positioned in a heel section of the shoe. A longitudinal end of the heel pad is folded along an upper edge of the heel section of the shoe. The folded longitudinal end of the heel pad is affixed to an outer surface of the heel section of the shoe.

An article of footwear that is adjustable so as to optimize the pressure distribution and pressure equalization on the foot surfaces. The footwear is configured to adjust to a user's anatomy so as to optimize pressure distribution and equalization on the foot, where the footwear is capable of adjusting the pressure distribution on the foot substantially in real time.

A customizable arch support system for use in fashionable high heeled shoes, designed to provide superior configurability and comfort for the wearer. More particularly, the system provides configurability so that it will provide superior support and comfort for the wearer, while maintaining minimal cross section profile which causes less limitations for the shoe designer.

An article of footwear may include an upper forming a void within the footwear, a sole structure secured to the upper, and a chamber that encloses a pressurized fluid. The sole structure includes a depression. The chamber is located within the void of the upper and located on the depression of the sole structure. The chamber may include a plurality of fluid-filled subchambers, a manifold, and a connection fluidically-connected at least one of the subchambers to the manifold. The subchambers may enclose the pressurized fluid at different pressures. The subchambers may be separated from one another by a bonded area in the direction extending between the heel and toe of the chamber.

An athletic shoe with an energy return system is provided. The shoe includes a shoe sole assembly having a midsole, at least one stabilizer plug in a recess in the midsole, and at least one outsole member. In an aspect, the stabilizer plug has at least one trampoline recess disposed in an upper surface thereof, and at least one projection extending from a lower surface thereof that substantially underlies at least a portion of the at least one trampoline recess. An upper surface of the outsole is adapted to complimentarily receive the at least one projection extending from the lower stabilizer plug surface such that when a force is applied to the lower outsole surface during a foot strike, the at least one trampoline recess receives underlying portions of the stabilizer plug to accommodate elastic deflection of the underlying portions of the stabilizer plug and the outsole.

The disclosed interchangeable foot therapy massager includes an insert configured to couple and secure within a base. The base defines a cavity having a first section which has a first diameter and a second section which has a second diameter greater than the first diameter. The insert includes a pair of opposing sides and is configured to be received within the first and second sections of the cavity. The insert also includes a head for contacting the foot of the user, a lip for engaging the second section of the cavity, and defines a space which allows for inward flexure. Applying force to the sides of the insert causes the insert to flex inwardly and removing force from the sides of the insert causes the insert to flex outwardly. When the insert flexes outwardly the at least one lip engages the second section of the cavity.

An insole for open-styled footwear that includes a mating attachment system for variably affixing the insole into footwear.

The Differential Shock Absorbing High Heel Foot Insole System is a differential shock absorption system designed to effectively absorb the shock while providing the comfort to the wearer of the high heels, especially the highest ones. The system provides an effective solution minimize the excruciating pain being felt when wearing high heels, especially the highest ones. The pain felt is a result to the repeated shocks experienced by a very small area of the underfoot each time the human foot undergoes a step in high heels. Differential Shock Absorbing High Heel Foot Insole System takes into account a correct estimation of the materials compression force deflection and peak deceleration properties, providing the correct level of shock absorption required parameters, plus the added cushioning effect for comfort of the wearer, which are crucial in the material selection to absorb the shocks when wearing high heels, something which other products out on the market and/or solutions proposed are lacking of.

A method for manufacturing a sandal, wherein various aspects of said sandal may be customized for a wearer's feet. The aspects can involve one or more of: the toe thong location, the position of the foot strap, and the arch support profile and arch support position. For a particular wearer, the optimal locations/settings of one or more of the foregoing aspects may be determined by applying a computer algorithm, which takes into account the foot data of the wearer, which foot data may be obtained from image/video capture technology. The method then assembles a sandal having the optimal locations/settings, such that the foot strap position, the arch support profile and/or the arch support position, as the case may be, are customized for the wearer. Also disclosed herein is a sandal having a foot strap position and/or an arch support profile and arch support position that is customized for the wearer, and made in accordance with the above-described methods.