US 11,812,821 B2
Golf shoe
Robert Winskowicz, Windham, NH (US); and Joseph Napurano, Natick, MA (US)
Assigned to SQAIRZ LLC, Windham, NH (US)
Filed by SQAIRZ LLC, Windham, NH (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/562,139.
Application 17/562,139 is a continuation of application No. 16/681,913, filed on Nov. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,206,893.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/829,599, filed on Apr. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0117351 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A43B 5/00 (2022.01); A43B 3/00 (2022.01); A43C 15/16 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 5/001 (2013.01) [A43B 3/0042 (2013.01); A43C 15/16 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shoe, comprising:
an upper, a midsole, and an outsole arranged to form an enclosure adapted to receive a foot of a wearer;
a toe area disposed at a front of the shoe and adapted to house toes of the wearer; and
a heal stabilizer having a heel band extending around a heel portion of the shoe connected at a midfoot area to a midfoot shank which is fixed to at least one of the midsole and the outsole;
wherein the heel stabilizer is configured to center the foot of the wearer within the shoe to provide stability to the foot;
wherein the toe area has an oblique shape delimited by an outer radius of the outsole of greater than zero; and
wherein the heel stabilizer is a one piece, monolithic structure where the midfoot shank is disposed at a receptacle portion of the midsole and is fixed to the midsole of the shoe.