Custom footwear having an inner surface molded to the foot of a wearer

Claim 1

A SHOE CUSTOM FITTED TO THE FOOT OF A WEARER COMPRISING: A LEATHER-LIKE PREFABRICATED UPPER, A SOLE JOINED TO THE UPPER, A SELF-FORMED-MAINTAINING INNER RESTRAINT AND SUPPORT CORE CAST IN SITU AND COMPOSED OF AN ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL CHARACTERIZED BY ITS LEATHER-LIKE UNIFORM VAPOR PERMEABILITY, FLEXIBILITY, MODERATE COMPRESSIBILITY AND STABILITY OVER A WIDE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE RANGE, SAID CORE HAVING AN OUTER SURFACE WITH A SHAPE DIRECTLY CONFORMED TO AND JUXTAPOSED AGAINST THE INNER FACE OF THE UPPER AND THE UPPER FACE OF THE SOLE, AND AN INNER SURFACE HAVING A SHAPE DIRECTLY CONFORMED TO THE SURFACE OF THE FOOT OF THE WEARER, AND A LIMP, PLIABLE, VAPOR PERMEABLE, PROTECTIVE LINER INTERNAL OF SAID SHOE, AND JUXTAPOSED AGAINST THE INNER SURFACE OF THE CORE, THE CORE AND LINER HAVING A SLIT RUNNING FROM THE UPPER EDGES THEREOF DOWNWARDLY OVER THE INSTEP TOWARDS THE TIP OF THE SHOE.