| US 7,373,738 B2 | ||
| Surface contact maximizing shoe, outsole and rand | ||
| Charles D. Cole, III, 405 W. Palm Ave., Redlands, Calif. 92373 (US) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/477,038 PCT Filed May 10, 2002, PCT No. PCT/US02/14744 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Nov. 06, 2003, PCT Pub. No. WO02/089624, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 14, 2002. |
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| Claims priority of provisional application 60/290308, filed on May 10, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0168349 A1, Sep. 02, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. A43B 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 36—25R [36/103; 36/104; 36/45; 36/133] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A faceted shoe, the faceted shoe comprising:
a faceted shoe upper comprising a bottom portion, a lower portion, a perimeter, a big-toe knuckle position, a big-toe inner-tip
position, and a first flat faceted edge at the perimeter of the faceted shoe upper, wherein the first flat faceted edge comprises
a relatively straight line between the big-toe knuckle position and the big-toe inner-tip position;
a faceted outsole attached to the bottom portion of the faceted shoe upper, said faceted outsole comprising a perimeter and
a first faceted outsole edge on the perimeter of the faceted outsole, wherein the first flat faceted outsole edge of the faceted
outsole corresponds in position to the first flat faceted edge of the faceted shoe upper; and
a faceted rand comprising an outside perimeter, said faceted rand further comprising a first relatively flat faceted surface
around the outside perimeter of the faceted rand, said faceted rand attached to the lower portion of the faceted shoe upper,
wherein the first relatively flat faceted surface of the faceted rand corresponds in position to the first flat faceted edge
of the faceted shoe upper.
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