Patent ID: 6041524
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
Footwear comprisinga sole having a front and a back for supporting a bottom of a foot,a heel cup at the back of the sole for receiving and supporting a heel of the foot, said heel cup having a bottom for further support of the bottom of the foot and a side wall extending up from the bottom, said side wall having a generally concave rear section for receiving and supporting the back of the heel and opposite side sections extending forward from the rear section,a recess in the rear section of the side wall of the heel cup offset laterally from a longitudinal central vertical plane of the heel cup to a position corresponding to the rearwardly protruding lateral posterior portion of the calcaneus of the foot and sized for accommodating the rearwardly protruding lateral posterior portion of the calcaneus of the foot.