Replaceable heel cushion cavity

Abstract

A footbed can be removed from a shoe that includes an outsole, an insole board above the outsole and cemented to the outsole, an upper cemented to the insole board, and a first heel cushion in a cavity formed in a heel portion of the insole board. The first heel cushion can be removed from the cavity, and a second heel cushion can be inserted in the cavity. The second heel cushion can have a different hardness value from the first heel cushion. The footbed can be re-inserted in the shoe above the insole board and over the second heel cushion.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 removing a footbed from a shoe comprising an outsole, an insole board above the outsole and cemented to the outsole, an upper cemented to the insole board, and a first heel cushion in a cavity formed in a heel portion of the insole board;   removing the first heel cushion from the cavity;   inserting a second heel cushion in the cavity, the second heel cushion having a different hardness value from the first heel cushion; and   inserting the footbed in the shoe above the insole board and over the second heel cushion.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first heel cushion extends from a floor of the cavity to at least as high as a rim of the cavity when the first heel cushion is positioned in the cavity, and the second heel cushion extends from a floor of the cavity to at least as high as the rim of the cavity when the second heel cushion is positioned in the cavity. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the second heel cushion has an Asker C SRIS0101 durometer hardness value that differs by at least ten Asker C SRIS0101 durometer hardness value units from an Asker C SRIS0101 durometer hardness value of the first heel cushion. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the shoe comprises cleats. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the cavity is defined by walls and a floor in the heel portion of the insole board. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the shoe is a golf shoe. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the upper is cemented directly to the insole board and to the outsole, and wherein the insole board is cemented directly to the outsole. 
     
     
         8 . A cement-constructed shoe product comprising:
 a shoe comprising:   an outsole;   an insole board above the outsole and cemented to the outsole;   an upper cemented to the insole board;   a removable heel cushion in a cavity formed in a heel portion of the insole board, the heel cushion not being permanently secured in the cavity; and   a removable footbed positioned within the upper and positioned over the insole board and the heel cushion, the removable footbed not being permanently secured to the insole board or to the heel cushion.   
     
     
         9 . The shoe product of  claim 8 , wherein the heel cushion extends from a floor of the cavity to at least as high as a rim of the cavity when the heel cushion is positioned in the cavity. 
     
     
         10 . The shoe product of  claim 8 , wherein the heel cushion is not secured in the cavity. 
     
     
         11 . The shoe product of  claim 8 , wherein the footbed is not secured to the insole board or to the heel cushion. 
     
     
         12 . The shoe product of  claim 8 , wherein the heel cushion is one of a pair of heel cushions in the shoe product, the pair of heel cushions comprising a first heel cushion that is harder and thinner than a second heel cushion in the pair of heel cushions. 
     
     
         13 . The shoe product of  claim 8 , wherein the heel cushion is one of a pair of heel cushions in the shoe product and wherein the shoe product comprises a package containing the shoe with the pair of heel cushions, with one of the heel cushions in the pair seated in the cavity in the shoe and the other heel cushion in the pair not seated in a cavity in a shoe. 
     
     
         14 . A method comprising:
 attaching an insole board to a last, the insole board defining an upwardly-facing cavity in a heel portion of the insole board;   lasting an upper to the insole board;   cementing an outsole to the insole board and to the upper, with at least a portion of the outsole being positioned below the insole board;   removing the last from the insole board;   inserting a heel cushion in the cavity; and   inserting a footbed above the insole board in a shoe comprising the footbed, the heel cushion, the insole board, and the outsole, inserting the heel cushion and inserting the footbed being performed without permanently securing the heel cushion or the footbed in place within the shoe.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the heel cushion extends from a floor of the cavity to at least as high as a rim of the cavity when the heel cushion is positioned in the cavity. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising including the shoe in a package, the package comprising a set of heel cushions comprising the heel cushion in the cavity and a heel cushion that is not in a cavity in an insole board. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the set of heel cushions comprise a first heel cushion that is harder and thinner than a second heel cushion in the set of heel cushions. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the set of heel cushions comprise a first heel cushion and a second heel cushion, the first heel cushion having an Asker C SRIS0101 durometer hardness value that differs by at least ten Asker C SRIS0101 durometer hardness value units from an Asker C SRIS0101 durometer hardness value of the second heel cushion.