Patent ID: 8099880

Claim:
A shoe having an upper and a lower, the lower comprising: a primary midsole, configured to have a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface to contact a set of five toes of the foot, the top surface having a periphery that curves up around a bottom of a heel of the foot; a directional cradle configured to being attached to the primary midsole, the cradle having a cradle top surface and a cradle bottom surface, the cradle top surface having a concave shape curving up around the bottom of a foot; a first cushion configured to being attached to the directional cradle, the first cushion being made of a flexible planar material with a first top surface and a first bottom surface, the first top surface disposed in a first concave shape about the cradle; a rear lower midsole configured to being attached to the first cushion, the rear lower midsole having a bottom surface that is substantially flat and a top surface that is angled relative to the bottom surface; and an outsole configured to being attached to the bottom surface of the rear lower midsole, the directional cradle, and the primary midsole.