Patent ID: 7334356
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A shoe having a shoe sole suitable for an athletic shoe, the shoe sole comprising: a sole innet surface for supporting the foot of an intended wearer; a sole outer surface; a heel portion at a location substantially corresponding to the location of a heel of the intended wearer's foot when inside the shoe; a forefoot portion at a location substantially corresponding to the location of a forefoot of the intended wearer's foot when inside the shoe; a third portion at a location between said heel portion and said forefoot portion; the shoe sole having a sole medial side, a sole lateral side, and a sole middle portion located between said sole sides; a bottom sole which forms at least part of the sole outer surface; a midsole component having an inner surface and an outer surface; the sole having a lateral sidemost section located outside a straight vertical line extending through the shoe sole at a lateral sidemost extent of the inner surface of the midsole component, as viewed in said frontal plane cross-section when the shoe sole is upright and in an unloaded condition; the sole having a medial sidemost section located outside a straight vertical line extending through the shoe sole at a medial sidemost extent of the inner surface of the midsole component, as viewed in said frontal plane cross-section when the shoe sole is upright and in an unloaded condition; a portion of the midsole component and a portion of the bottom sole extend into one of said sidemost sections of the shoe sole side, as viewed in said frontal plane cross-section when the shoe sole is upright and in an unloaded condition; said midsole portion located in a sidemost section of the shoe sole extending to a height above a lowest point of said inner surface of the midsole component, as viewed in said frontal plane cross-section when the shoe sole is upright and in an unloaded condition; and at least one layer of fiber strands embedded within said shoe sole.