Patent ID: 8240067

Claim:
A sports shoe, comprising; a shoe upper, a sole having at least two parts, at least one part of the sole is arranged in the forefoot region and at least another part of the sole is arranged in the rearfoot region, wherein the shoe upper has at least two cutouts in the region facing the ground, the size and the shape of the cutouts correspond to those of the parts of the sole in their contact region with the shoe upper, the parts of the sole are inserted into or are placed at the cutouts and are connected with the shoe upper permanently, at least one of the parts of the sole is designed as a shell-shaped formation, the shoe upper as well as the parts of the sole consist of a material with a low bending stiffness, a removable sole element which is adapted to the shape of the foot and which has a high bending stiffness is arranged in the interior of the shoe above the parts of the sole, the bending stiffness of the sole element around an axis being arranged horizontally and transversally to the longitudinal direction of the shoe is at least five times as high as the bending stiffness of the shoe upper and the parts of the sole around the axis, the sole element extends from the toe region to the heel region continuously, the sole element has at least partially an enhanced edge, and the sole element has a soft, plastic sole portion which extends from the toe region to the heel region continuously and encompasses a stiff, forefoot part and a stiff, rearfoot part, the rearfoot part, the forefoot part separate from each other, and a transverse hinge in the sole part between the forefoot part and rearfoot part.