Patent ID: 6935055

Claim:
A sole structure for a cleated shoe adapted to be worn on a foot of a person, said sole structure comprising: an outsole formed of a thin plate of a hard material; and a plurality of cleats provided on a lower surface of said outsole; wherein said outsole has a first bulge and a second bulge that each respectively include a convex bulge protrusion protruding downwardly on said lower surface of said outsole and a concave bulge depression on an upper surface of said outsole in correspondence with said convex bulge protrusion on said lower surface, said first bulge is located at a first position adapted to correspond to a thenar eminence of the foot of the person, said second bulge is located at a second position adapted to correspond to a hypothenar eminence of the foot of the person, said concave bulge depressions of said first and second bulges have a sectional shape adapted to conform to a shape of a forefoot portion of the foot that has been flexed, and at least some of said cleats are provided on convexly curved surfaces of said convex bulge protrusions of said first and second bulges.