Footwear
US8079159B1 · kind B1 · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 4, 2008 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 12, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA43B23/081
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A shoe has a sole including a platform for supporting a wearer's foot upon a surface. The shoe includes a heel pedestal extending from the platform beneath a wearer's heel, a lateral stabilizer pedestal extending from the platform at least partially beneath a wearer's cuboid bone, and a medial stabilizer pedestal extending from the platform at least partially beneath a wearer's navicular bone. The heel pedestal, the lateral stabilizer pedestal, and the medial stabilizer pedestal include an outsole for contacting the surface, a compressible middle layer between the outsole and the wearer's foot, and a base layer between the middle layer and the wearer's foot having a compressibility that is lower than the compressibility of the middle layer.
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