| US 7,503,130 B2 | ||
| Water draining shoe | ||
| Roy Helton, Smyrna, Tenn. (US); and Colin Elliot, Nashville, Tenn. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Genesco, Inc., Nashville, Tenn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 22, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/994,547. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/527468, filed on Dec. 04, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0120587 A1, Jun. 09, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. A43B 7/06 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 36—3B [36/3 R; 36/30 R] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A shoe comprising:
an upper defining an opening for a wearer's foot;
a first removable insert exposed to the opening, comprising a plurality of holes and a plurality of protrusions on a bottom
surface of the insert to aid in removal of water from the shoe;
an innersole located between the first removable insert and an outsole; and
the outsole comprising a wicking textile on its upper surface and at least one drain hole, the at least one drain hole sloping
upwardly from an outer surface of the outsole toward the wicking textile, wherein the wicking textile and the at least one
drain hole aid in the removal of water from the shoe.
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