Patent ID: 6775929
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: A43B,A43C

Abstract:
An athletic shoe comprising:a bottom component having a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom component including a sole having an upper surface and a lower surface; an upper component extending from the top surface of the bottom component for accommodating a foot therein, the upper component having a medial sidewall, a lateral sidewall, and a back portion between the medial sidewall and the lateral sidewall; and two elongate straps, one end of each of the two elongate straps being intimately secured to an inner surface of the shoe, the two elongate straps contact a foot within the shoe, the two elongate straps support the ankle mortise and support the lateral calcaneofibular and anterior talofibular ligaments of a foot within the shoe such that a first strap of the two elongate straps cross approximately perpendicular to the anterior talo-fibular ligament and a second strap of the two elongate straps extends approximately parallel to the calcaneofibular ligament and extend across the anterior talofibular ligament, the two elongate straps each having a free end which is detachably securable to each other and an outer surface of the shoe and being tightenable to reduce or prevent ankle inversion stresses of a foot within the shoe.