Patent ID: 9032644
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A shoe, comprising: a sole having an insert piece and a layer of material disposed on a top surface of the insert piece; and an upper extending above the sole, wherein the insert piece extends from a front edge located at least at a middle portion of the shoe to a rear of the shoe, with the top surface of the insert piece inclined upwardly toward the rear of the shoe until reaching a transition edge, at which the top surface of the insert piece levels off, wherein a top surface of the layer of material also inclines upwardly from the front edge of the insert piece and continues to incline upwardly toward the rear of the shoe even after the transition edge of the insert piece, such that the layer of material steadily increases in thickness, thereby providing additional cushioning, toward the rear of the shoe, beginning at the transition edge of the insert piece, and wherein the layer of material is substantially more cushioning than the insert piece above a portion of the insert piece where the top surface of the insert piece has leveled off, and wherein the layer of material includes a separate cushioning sub-layer that is provided only at the rear of the shoe behind the transition edge of the insert piece.