Patent ID: 7484318
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A shoe design, comprising: a shoe member including at least one surface selected from at least one of a recessed supporting surface and a non-recess supporting surface; at least one supporting member on said at least one surface; said supporting member comprising at least one of a flexible skin member, an elastic skin member, and at least a partially inelastic skin member, said at least one bounding at least a portion of a plurality of force support members and preventing their unintended separation from said sole member; said force support members being substantially small sized non-spherical rigid organic seed elements slidable relative to each other during an initial compression operation and being inelastically packable during later compression operation; and said plurality of force support members and said skin member of said supporting member enabling a ready distribution of said small sized rigid elements relative to each other and to a user's foot during an initial use and between each said compressive operation uses, whereby said supporting member provides an inelastically packable non-compressible resistive support adaptive to the shape of said user's foot during each said compression operation.