Patent ID: 6212795
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
A shoe sole with an integrally reinforced portion, the shoe sole comprising:an outersole having a ground contact surface and an opposite upper surface;a midsole having portions thereof attached to and covered by the upper surface of the outersole;a treadless portion of the midsole not attached to the upper surface of the outersole that does not have ground contact when the ground contact surface of the outersole is grounded;an arched support member comprising an arched portion, a front support portion disposed in front of the arched portion and a rear support portion disposed in the rear of the arched portion;the arched portion being affixed to the treadless portion of the midsole;the front support portion being affixed and sandwiched between the midsole and the outer sole below the midsole and supported on a front supporting face of the upper surface of the outer sole, andthe rear support portion being affixed and sandwiched between the midsole and the outer sole and supported on a rear supporting face of the upper surface of the outer sole,wherein the front supporting face of the upper surface of the outer sole has a tapered inclined face ascending as it inclines in the forward direction;wherein the thickness of the outer sole increases at the inclined face as the incline ascends in the forward direction; andwherein the front support portion of the arched support member is supported by the inclined face,whereby the front support portion of the arched support member is inhibited from moving in a direction that opens the arched portion of the support member when the outersole is grounded.