Patent ID: 9717304
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A43B,B29D

Claim:
1. A sole for a flexible shoe having a soft-elastic midsole, wherein the midsole has a metatarsal region, and a medial part and a lateral part proximate a longitudinal slot extending from a heel region into a ball region, wherein the midsole has a plurality of trough-shaped elements which project downwards towards the ground during normal use of the shoe and which are aligned transversely to a longitudinal direction of the shoe, each of the plurality of the trough-shaped elements having a trough, a cross-section, a lateral opening, an underside, and a base, wherein the midsole has an edge strip which bridges at least two of the plurality of trough-shaped elements and is covered by an incompressible elastically resilient plate framed by the edge strip, and wherein the trough-shaped elements are configured to be deformable to close lateral openings thereof in a region of the edge strip when acted upon by vertical forces and when acted upon by forces directed along the longitudinal direction.