Patent ID: 9398785
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: A43B

Claim Text:
1. A shoe comprising: a shoe upper and a sole which is connected with the shoe upper, wherein the sole has a longitudinal axis and has a forefoot region, a midfoot region and a rearfoot region, at least one first hinge is provided in the sole being located between the forefoot region and the midfoot region, which first hinge allows a bending of the forefoot region relatively to the midfoot region around a first horizontal axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, at least one second hinge is provided in the sole being located in the midfoot region, which second hinge allows a bending of two adjacent parts of the midfoot region around a second horizontal axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, at least one elastic tensioning element is arranged at or in the sole, which biases the forefoot region to pivot around the first horizontal axis upwards relatively to the midfoot region when the shoe is standing on the ground and which biases the two parts of the midfoot region to pivot around the second horizontal axis to form an arch when the shoe is standing on the ground.