Patent ID: 8661709

Claim:
A shoe assembly, comprising: an upper; and a midsole assembly coupled to the upper, the midsole assembly having a heel impact region located to be under a heel of a foot of a wearer and a forefoot region located to be under a forefoot of the foot of the wearer, the midsole assembly comprising a molded foam material, the heel impact region comprising a non-linearly viscous, SEBS block copolymer-based material molded with the foam material and defining: a generally circular heel portion; and a tapered extension extending forward from the heel portion; the forefoot impact region comprising a non-linearly viscous, SEBS block copolymer-based material molded with the foam and defining: a generally oval-shaped portion positioned under an inside metatarsal of the foot of the wearer; and an arcing extension extending laterally outwardly from the oval-shaped portion, wherein the arching extension is configured in an arcing pattern of metatarsals of the foot of the wearer to substantially underlie the metatarsals.