Patent ID: 9066555
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A sports shoe with an outer shell of injection moulded plastic, comprising: a front foot shell for accommodating a front part of a foot; an adjoining shoe cuff for stabilising a lower leg portion of a user; a relatively flexible inner shoe at least partially accommodated in the outer shell; and at least one elastically flexible portion is a cut-out in the outer shell above the sole of the shoe to reduce pressure points from the inner shoe on a user's foot on exposure to compression stress, the outer shell including an inner surface and an outer surface separated by a thickness of the outer shell, wherein the inner surface is arranged towards the relatively flexible inner shoe; wherein the elastically flexible portion is provided in the form of at least one membrane element that receives compression stress and is designed to vary a volume or width which the outer shell can accommodate as a function of compression load due to its slackness or ability to deflect relative to surrounding part-portions of the outer shell, wherein the membrane element comprises: