Patent ID: 11930880
Assignee: TYR SPORT, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A weightlifting shoe comprising:
a bottom sole;
a midsole comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), the midsole disposed above at least a portion of the bottom sole and having a decreasing thickness in a direction from a rear region of the bottom sole toward a front region of the bottom sole opposite the rear region; and
one or more panels attached to one or both of the midsole and the bottom sole to define an enclosure for a person's foot, the enclosure having an axis defined between opposing front and rear points on the enclosure at a longest part thereof and having a width defined perpendicular to the axis, the width being the sum of an outer foot distance defined perpendicular to the axis between the axis and the enclosure where the enclosure encloses an outer part of the person's foot and an inner foot distance defined perpendicular to the axis between the axis and the enclosure where the enclosure encloses an inner part of the person's foot, the outer foot distance having a maximum value at a position along the axis that is more than 66% of the way from the rear point to the front point.