[54] ATHLETIC SHOE
[76] Inventor: Bruce Oxenberg, 6233 Trotter St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19111
[21] Appl. No.: 735,873
[22] Filed: Oct. 26,1976
[51] Int. C1.2 A43B 5/00; A43B 13/04
[52] U.S. Q 36/114; 36/32 R
[58] Field of Search 36/32 R, 59 R, 59 A,
36/59 C, 114, 83
[56] References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
3,061,952 11/1962 Prohaska 36/59 C
3,316,662 5/1967 Schmadeke 36/32 R
3,555,706 1/1971 Edmonds 36/114
3,593,436 7/1971 Vietas 36/32 R
Primary Examiner—Patrick D. Lawson
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Michael F. Petock
[57] ABSTRACT
A canvas-type athletic shoe, particularly adapted for playing street hockey. The shoe is provided with a plurality of triangularly shaped gripping members, each having a principal sloping face depending outwardly from the bottom of the shoe. The principal sloping face of each triangularly shaped gripping member may be either the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle, the longest side of an obtuse triangle, either equal side of an isosceles triangle, or, the longer of the two sides of a scalene triangle which are not adjacent to the bottom of the shoe. Each triangularly shaped gripping member is
said to point in the direction of the acute angle each principal sloping face makes with the bottom of the shoe. Where the inside halves of the bottoms of the shoes are defined as those halves which are adjacent when the wearer stands with his feet together, toes pointed forward, a set of triangularly shaped gripping members is longitudinally disposed on the inside half of the bottom of the shoe, pointing toward the center of the shoe. Two sets of triangularly shaped gripping members are transversely disposed on the outside half of the shoe. Those triangularly shaped gripping members on the sole portion of the outside half of the bottom of the shoe point toward the rear of the shoe and those triangularly shaped gripping members on the heel portion of the outside half of the bottom of the shoe point toward the front of the shoe. Rectangular, longitudinal dividing members run substantially the length of the center of the bottom of the shoe, separating the inside and outside halves thereof. In addition, sets of triangularly shaped gripping members are transversely disposed at the extreme front and the extreme rear of the bottom of the shoe, with both sets of triangularly shaped gripping members pointed inwardly toward the center of the shoe. The shoe extends well above the ankle, with foam padding provided therein to protect the ankle area and the back of the leg. Additional padding is located under the tongue of the shoe so that the ankle is completely encircled. A reinforced section is provided over the toe area.
