Patent ID: 7434337
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A footwear item comprising: a sole component extending in a longitudinal direction from a front end of the footwear item to a rear end of the footwear item, wherein an outer face of the sole component is designed to come into contact with the ground and wherein an inner face of the sole component is designed to support a foot of a wearer directly, the sole component comprising a dynamically responsive integral insert in a front part of the sole component, extending in a transverse direction across a longitudinal direction and extending between the outer face and the inner face of the sole component in a plane perpendicular to the sole component, the dynamically responsive integral insert comprising two resilient weight supporting elements respectively disposed on two sides of the longitudinal direction, the resilient weight supporting elements antagonistically acting around the longitudinal direction, each resilient weight supporting element being pivotally arranged around the longitudinal direction to be angularly elastically charged around the longitudinal direction against any local and lateral dynamic loading of a metatarsus part of the foot on either side of the longitudinal direction, caused by a transverse transfer of weight of the wearer from one side to an other side of the footwear item.