Patent ID: 7334356

Claim:
A shoe having a shoe sole suitable for an athletic shoe, the shoe sole comprising: a sole innet surface for supporting the foot of an intended wearer; a sole outer surface; a heel portion at a location substantially corresponding to the location of a heel of the intended wearer's foot when inside the shoe; a forefoot portion at a location substantially corresponding to the location of a forefoot of the intended wearer's foot when inside the shoe; a third portion at a location between said heel portion and said forefoot portion; the shoe sole having a sole medial side, a sole lateral side, and a sole middle portion located between said sole sides; a bottom sole which forms at least part of the sole outer surface; a midsole component having an inner surface and an outer surface; the inner surface of the midsole component of one of the sole medial and lateral sides comprising a convexly rounded portion, as viewed in a frontal plane cross-section during a shoe sole unloaded, upright condition, the convexity of the convexly rounded portion of the sole inner surface existing with respect to a section of the shoe sole directly adjacent to the convexly rounded portion of the inner surface of the midsole component, the sole outer surface of one of the sole medial and lateral sides comprising a concavely rounded portion, as viewed in said frontal plane cross-section during a shoe sole unloaded, upright condition, the concavity of the concavely rounded portion of the sole outer surface existing with respect to an inner section of the shoe sole directly adjacent to the concavely rounded portion of the sole outer surface, the convexly rounded portion of the inner surface of the midsole component and the sole outer surface concavely rounded portion both being located on the same sole side; the sole having a lateral sidemost section located outside a straight vertical line extending through the shoe sole at a lateral sidemost extent of the inner surface of the midsole component, as viewed in said frontal plane cross-section when the shoe sole is upright and in an unloaded condition; the sole having a medial sidemost section located outside a straight vertical line extending through the shoe sole at a medial sidemost extent of the inner surface of the midsole component, as viewed in said frontal plane cross-section when the shoe sole is upright and in an unloaded condition; a portion of the midsole component and a portion of the bottom sole extend into one of said sidemost sections of the shoe sole side, as viewed in said frontal plane cross-section when the shoe sole is upright and in an unloaded condition; said midsole portion located in a sidemost section of the shoe sole extending to a height above a lowest point of said inner surface of the midsole component, as viewed in said frontal plane cross-section when the shoe sole is upright and in an unloaded condition; and at least one layer of fiber strands embedded within said shoe sole.