Appeal No. 2005-2544
Application No. 09/328,749
As noted on page 1 of the specification, appellant’s
invention relates to a torsion system for an article of footwear,
in particular, a cycling shoe. The torsion system includes a
sole plate constructed and configured to allow, in a pre-selected
manner, rotation of a forefoot portion of the article of footwear
relative to a rearfoot portion of the footwear about a
longitudinal axis of the article of footwear, without
compromising the vertical stiffness of the footwear sole
necessary for pressure distribution to a pedal or other surface.
A further understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of independent claims 1, 21 and 26 on appeal, a copy of
which appears in the Appendix to appellant’s brief.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Dubner 3,903,621 Sep. 9, 1975
Eisenbach et al. (Eisenbach) 4,815,222 Mar. 28, 1989
Anderie 4,922,631 May 8, 1990
Nagano et al. (Nagano) 5,446,977 Sep. 5, 1995
Kraeuter et al. (Kraeuter) 5,915,820 Jun. 29, 1999
(filed Aug. 20, 1996)
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