Hugh Ickrath

US Patent:

20130192089, Aug 1, 2013

Filed:

May 22, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/477980

Inventors:

HUGH N. ICKRATH - Manassas VA, US
Kerry D. Ickrath - Manassas VA, US

International Classification:

A43B 7/16

US Classification:

36 81

Abstract:

The nesting modular elevators for footwear are a plurality of tapered, progressively wider units that assemble sequentially to one another and attach to the shoe of the wearer. Each unit has a generally oval planform and a hollow interior, permitting each successively smaller unit to be stored compactly within the next larger unit for storage. The base unit has a wide footprint that provides good stability for the assembly when in use. The larger or lowermost unit(s) may be omitted from the assembly when less than maximum height is required. In one embodiment, the units have mating laterally opposed channels and tracks respectively along the upper and lower edges thereof. In another embodiment, the units have mating opposed fore and aft tabs and slots respectively in the upper and lower edges thereof. These systems provide positive engagement of the units with one another, and preclude slippage between units.