Patent ID: 8567093

Claim:
A sole assembly for a shoe including a midfoot structure comprising: an upper plate disposed on an upper side of a midfoot portion of the sole assembly and formed of a hard elastic member, wherein the midfoot portion is located in a region corresponding to a plantar arch of a foot of a person wearing the shoe; a lower midsole disposed below the upper plate at the midfoot portion, formed of a soft elastic member, having a downwardly convexedly curved upper surface to form a void with the upper plate, wherein the lower midsole is located below the void at the midfoot portion; and a midfoot outsole with a ground contact surface, wherein the midfoot outsole is attached on a lower surface of the lower midsole and located below the lower midsole at the midfoot portion, and is disposed discretely in a longitudinal direction from a heel outsole provided on a heel portion and a forefoot outsole provided on a forefoot portion of the sole assembly.