Patent ID: 7155843
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A shoe comprising: a forward region, a heel region, and a mid-foot region located between the forward region and the heel region, a medial side, a lateral side, and a width between the medial and lateral sides; an upper; a bottom surface, at least a portion of which is ground-engaging; a plate, at least a portion of the plate extending across a majority of the width of the shoe between the upper and the bottom surface; a sidewall defining at least in part an aperture that extends through the bottom surface of the shoe beneath at least a portion of the plate, the aperture having a vertical central axis that is generally centered along the width of the shoe, the aperture allowing at least a portion of the plate to be in air communication with the outside of the shoe through the bottom surface of the shoe; and an arch bridge comprising at least a portion of the mid-foot region, the arch bridge being non-ground-engaging, in air communication with the outside of the shoe, and at least in part visible from beneath the shoe between a ground-engaging portion of the bottom surface in the heel region and a ground-engaging portion of the bottom surface in the forward region of the shoe. the arch bridge and the plate being made of the same material, the ground-engaging portion of the bottom surface including an outsole material more resilient than the material of the arch bridge.