Patent ID: 8505221
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: A43B,A43C

Abstract:
1. An article of footwear comprising: an upper; and a flexible sole fixed to said upper and having a heel area, wherein said sole includes: a first and second flexure line that extends through at least a portion of a length of said sole along at least a portion of said heel area, wherein said second flexure line is disposed between said first flexure line and a medial side of said sole, wherein said first and second flexure lines divide said sole at the portion of said heel area into first, second and third sole plates, each of the first, second and third sole plates being undivided by a flexure line, wherein the first sole plate extends from a lateral side of said sole to said first flexure line, wherein the second sole plate extends from said first flexure line to said second flexure line, and wherein the third sole plate extends from said second flexure line to the medial side of said sole.