Patent ID: 7555849

Claim:
An article of footwear comprising: an outsole for engaging the ground; an insole having an average durometer as measured on the Ashore hardness scale of at least 6; and a shoe body supported on the outsole, including an internal foot bed comprising a space with an internal height arranged to receive both the insole and a foot of a person therein; the insole having a depth which is at least ⅜ inch at a metatarsal region thereof and being received in the internal foot bed so as to be arranged for supporting the foot of the person thereon; the internal height of the internal foot bed being at least 2 inches at the metatarsal region and being arranged such that: a ratio of the internal height of the internal foot bed at the metatarsal region to a length of the internal foot bed is at least 0.2; and a ratio of the internal height of the internal foot bed at the metatarsal region to a width of the internal foot bed at the metatarsal region is at least 0.55.