Patent ID: 7322129

Claim:
Sole for a footwear article, essentially constituted by a stocking liner ( 1 ), an insole ( 2 ) and an outsole ( 3 ) and comprising at least one shock absorbing device ( 4 ), in the form of an elastically deformable insert or element ( 4 ), inserted in said sole and in the form of a molded body ( 4 ) constituted by tubular members ( 4 ′) closed at one end, mutually spaced and connected at their open end to a common base ( 4 ″), characterized in that said common base ( 4 ″) has a peripheral skirt ( 4 ′″) delimiting a chamber receiving the closed ends of the tubular members ( 4 ′), in that the elastically deformable element ( 4 ) is disposed in a flexible receptacle ( 6 ) closed in a sealed manner by a cover ( 7 ) and in that the outsole ( 3 ) is provided with a lower element ( 9 ) for protection of the elastically deformable receptacle ( 6 ) integrated with said outsole ( 3 ) by molding.