Patent ID: 6959505

Claim:
A shoe insole including one or more elastomeric, energy-management cushions molded of a gelatinous, thermoplastic resin on a lower surface of the insole, each of said energy management cushions comprising: a plurality of angularly spaced, geometrically shaped cushioning elements arranged in a pattern on the lower surface of said insole, each cushioning element being formed of multiple, angularly spaced and expandable projections, the projections of each of said cushioning elements, being interspersed between and spaced from the projections of adjacent cushioning elements, said interspersed projections absorbing and distributing compression forces applied to said cushion by a wearer of said insole as triangulated vector forces within and between the cushioning elements to which the compression forces are applied, thereby providing an insole with an elastomeric, energy management cushion.