Patent ID: 9468258
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: A43B

Claim Text:
1. An article of footwear comprising: an upper including an interior and an upper bottom, the upper including an upper lowermost peripheral allowance; a lining secured to the upper and located in the interior of the upper, the lining including a liner bottom and a liner lowermost peripheral allowance; a liner bottom closure joined with the liner lowermost peripheral allowance to close the liner bottom, without closing the upper bottom, the liner bottom closure including a memory foam core having a face lining; a flexible Strobel board joined with the upper lowermost peripheral allowance to close the upper bottom with a Strobel construction, the Strobel construction including an edge of the Strobel board stitched to an edge of the upper lowermost peripheral allowance, with the edges substantially in a common plane, the Strobel board having a thickness of between about 0.1 mm to about 1 mm; and an outsole having a forefoot region, a heel region, and an arch region located between the forefoot region and the heel region, the outsole joined with the upper, the outsole constructed from a supple flexible material having a thickness of between about 3 mm to about 5 mm to enable a wearer to feel the contours of a supporting surface through the outsole, the Strobel board, and the liner bottom closure, wherein the liner bottom closure and Strobel board are of a combined thickness that enables a wearer to perceive movement of the outsole, whereby a user is provided with enhanced proprioceptive feedback from a surface being traversed.