US 7,600,332 B2
	Article of footwear with a removable foot-supporting insert
Mario Angelbert Lafortune, Tigard, Oreg. (US)
Assigned to Nike, Inc., Beaverton, Oreg. (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/354,570.
Prior Publication US 2007/0186446 A1, Aug. 16, 2007
Int. Cl. A43B 13/38 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 36—43  [36/30 R]

39 Claims

1. An article of athletic footwear comprising an upper that defines an interior void, a sole structure secured to the upper, and a foot-supporting insert that is positionable within a lower area of the void and removable from the void, the void being sized and shaped to receive a foot of a wearer and the foot-supporting insert, wherein the footwear defines a tapered protrusion and a tapered indentation with corresponding shapes, the tapered protrusion extending upward from a lower surface of the void and in a location that is spaced from at least one side of the void, and the tapered indentation being formed in the insert to receive the tapered protrusion and extend only partially between the lower surface and an upper surface of the insert, wherein the tapered protrusion is configured to be received in the tapered recess of a predetermined foot-supporting insert.