Patent ID: 8316559
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. Shoe comprising: a shoe upper part and a sole, the sole having a support part which is connected to the shoe upper part, a midsole which is connected to the support part and an outsole, which is connected to the midsole, the midsole including, at least over part of the impact area of the shoe on the ground, a damping element which has a number of first elements, which are arranged next to one another, extend substantially over a given height (H) in a direction of loading (R) in the unloaded state of the damping element and each of the first elements is a hollow body that forms a receiving space into which an associated second element, of smaller dimensions in cross section than the first element, can penetrate, at least partially, the second element extending substantially over a given height (h) in the direction of loading (R) in the unloaded state of the damping element and being arranged coaxially in relation to the first element, wherein the first element and the second element have a mutually corresponding form in a section perpendicular to the direction of loading (R), wherein the first element and the second element have a polygonal or circular form in a section perpendicular to the direction of loading (R), wherein at least some of the second elements have the form of a prism or cylinder, the prism or the cylinder being formed at least partially as a solid part, and between 30% and 70% of the prism or cylinder volume comprises the material of the second element, the two mutually assigned elements being connected to each other by means of an elastic connecting portion, which extends merely between the first element and the second element, and the first element, the connecting portion and the second element being formed as one piece.