Cushioned shoe construction
First Claim
1. A woman'"'"'s shoe construction including:
- an upper shaped and sized to receive a foot portion of a wearer;
an outsole; and
a composite structure positioned in overlying relation to at least a portion of the outsole and for support of a wearer'"'"'s foot, said composite structure including a relatively rigid board member extending from a heel area to a forefoot area but stopping prior to a ball receiving area of the shoe, a first cushion member at the ball receiving area and connected to a front portion of the relatively rigid board member, said first cushion member having a plurality of perforations in the ball area, a second cushion member secured to an upper portion of the board in a heel receiving area of the shoe, said second cushion member being received in a recess extending only partially into the board, and a third cushion member overlying the board, first cushion member and second cushion member, wherein the relatively rigid board member is more rigid than at least the first cushion member.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A shoe construction including a shoe upper, an intermediate composite structure and an outsole. The composite structure underlies at least a portion of the upper and overlies at least a portion of the outsole. The composite structure includes cushion members with one cushion member being positioned to underlie a heel of a wearer and another cushion member being positioned to underlie the ball of the foot. The cushion member underlying the ball may be perforated. The composite structure can also include a relatively rigid lower member which can be perforated in the area of the ball of the foot underlying the cushion member for the ball of the foot. The composite structure can provide a flexure discontinuity in the shoe forward of the midfoot zone of the shoe.
-
Citations
18 Claims
-
1. A woman'"'"'s shoe construction including:
-
an upper shaped and sized to receive a foot portion of a wearer; an outsole; and a composite structure positioned in overlying relation to at least a portion of the outsole and for support of a wearer'"'"'s foot, said composite structure including a relatively rigid board member extending from a heel area to a forefoot area but stopping prior to a ball receiving area of the shoe, a first cushion member at the ball receiving area and connected to a front portion of the relatively rigid board member, said first cushion member having a plurality of perforations in the ball area, a second cushion member secured to an upper portion of the board in a heel receiving area of the shoe, said second cushion member being received in a recess extending only partially into the board, and a third cushion member overlying the board, first cushion member and second cushion member, wherein the relatively rigid board member is more rigid than at least the first cushion member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
-
Specification