Patent ID: 7322130

Claim:
The inner sole of a shoe, comprising: a sole base body, defining a sole surface and having a forefoot joint area, a metatarsus/tarsus area, a metatarsus/heel transition area, a heel area, and a plantar arch area; a sole cover layer; a first cushioned layer provided in said forefoot joint area; a second cushioned layer provided in said metatarsus/tarsus transition area; a third cushioned layer provided in said metatarsus/heel transition area, a fourth cushioned layer provided in said heel area, said fourth cushioned area defining a surface which is plateau-shaped and is raised with respect to said sole surface; and a fifth cushioned layer provided in said plantar arch area, said fifth cushioned layer being in the shape of a sickle, wherein: said first, second and third cushioned layers are located at support areas of said sole base body which positively affect a contraction of the musculature of the foot, serving thereby to aid the venous outflow of blood; said first, second and third cushioned layers are each divided into individual plateau-like fields, separated from but positioned next to each other in the transverse direction of said sole surface; each cushioned layer defines a surface, which are each raised with respect to said sole surface; said sole cover layer covering said surface of each cushioned layer and said sole surface; and each cushioned layer is recessed in said sole base body.