Patent ID: 9055782
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A shoe structure for foot strike energy dissipation comprising: a first plurality of compressible members each having an internal void containing a first working fluid; a second plurality, equal in number to said first plurality, of mating compressible members each of said second plurality of mating compressible members individually connected directly to a matched one of the first plurality of compressible members with a fluid conduit, said first working fluid transferred from the matched one compressible member to the mating compressible member responsive to compression of the matched one compressible member induced by foot strike; a sole pad and a foot bed constraining there between the first plurality of compressible members and the second plurality of mating compressible members; and, a plurality of resilient structural members in between said compressible members, said resilient structural members extending from the sole for contact with the foot bed and resiliently deforming responsive to compression of the foot bed induced by foot strike and upon removal of the compression force relaxation wherein four arcuate members circumscribe each compressible member with each arcuate member substantially perpendicular to adjacent arcuate members.