Patent ID: 7360326
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: A43B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An item of footwear for a wearer to use when walking on a walking surface, the item of footwear comprising: a flexible outer sole having a heel segment, an arch segment and a toe segment, said arch segment having an arch medial portion and an arch lateral portion, said toe segment having a toe medial portion and a toe lateral portion; said heel segment having a substantially uniform heel thickness; said arch lateral portion having an arch lateral portion thickness that is substantially the same as said heel thickness and said arch medial portion having an arch medial lower surface and an arch medial portion thickness that decreases medially; and said toe lateral portion having an toe lateral portion thickness that is substantially the same as said heel thickness and said toe medial portion having a toe medial portion thickness that decreases medially and a toe medial lower surface having a negative lower surface transverse slope of between two and six degrees when not in use; wherein said flexible outer sole is operative to flex when said wearer walks in said footwear to cause said arch medial lower surface and said toe medial lower surface to conform to said walking surface and said arch medial upper surface and said toe medial upper surface to assume a negative upper surface transverse slope of between two and six degrees when in use.