Patent ID: 6836978
Filing Date: 2005-01-04
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A shoe for promoting a heel-to-toe motion of a foot, the shoe comprising: an outsole; an upper part; wherein the outsole has a contraction, the contraction extending to a first area where a back of the foot is located; wherein a heel guide for a heel of the foot is provided in the upper part, the heel guide having one of a heelplate and a flexible heel brace; wherein the one of the heelplate and the flexible heel brace are arranged in a second area where the heel of the foot is located and having a smaller height above the outsole in an area of an Achilles tendon of the foot than in the area of a front heel bone of the foot; wherein the one of the heelplate and the flexible heel brace are configured such that the Achilles tendon of the foot is free; wherein in an area of the front of the foot the outsole has a profiling configured to provide for a great flexibility of the outsole with regard to the heel-to-toe motion of the foot.