Patent ID: 6098313
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: A43B,B29D,F16F

Abstract:
A shoe sole component comprising:(a) a flexible top sheet made from a high polymer resin and having substantially uniform thickness, an outer periphery, and a plurality of hollow, resiliently compressible indentations molded into the top sheet, each of the indentations having an upwardly facing recess and a downwardly facing projection;(b) a flexible bottom sheet made from a high polymer resin and having substantially uniform thickness, an outer periphery, and a plurality of hollow, resiliently compressible indentations molded into the bottom sheet, each of the indentations having a downwardly facing recess and an upwardly facing projection;(c) the top and bottom sheets joined at their outer peripheries whereby the top and bottom sheets are in spaced relation to one another to define a cavity therebetween, the projections of the indentations in the top and bottom sheets extending into the cavity, at least one of the indentations in the top sheet abutting an indentation in the bottom sheet.