Patent ID: 6158151
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
A pair of golf shoes each shoe having a sole, each sole comprising:a toe portion, an intermediate metatarsal portion and a heel portion;said toe portion formed continuously raising to a tip from a bending point of said intermediate metatarsal portion;said intermediate metatarsal portion formed between said heel portion and said toe portion;wherein said toe portion is angled 1.degree. to 50.degree. upward at a bending portion of said intermediate metatarsal portion from a horizontal line, a surface of the sole between said bending point of said intermediate metatarsal portion and said heel portion is flat (0.degree.), thereby enabling a golf player to attain stability by transferring a center of body weight to a center of the player's feet during a swing; andwherein the sole of said toe portion and said intermediate metatarsal portion excluding said heel portion is divided at a centerline in the longitudinal direction forming an outside sole surface of a first material and an inside sole surface of a second softer and more elastic material, wherein the second material on the inside sole surface of the golf shoes facilitates bending inward the player's legs to attain stability at address and swing.