Patent ID: 7950676

Claim:
An article of footwear configured to receive a wearer's foot comprising a pliable upper component and a molded unitary support structure formed of a plurality of wall structures including a sole and first and second side wall structures extending from a first side of the sole; the wearer's foot being enclosed by a perimeter and comprising a toe region, a mid region, a heel region, a ball, a lateral extent, an arch; the first and second side wall structures being longitudinally partitioned from one another by one or more longitudinal partitions; the sole being at least in part constructed of a first and second group of fibers disposed in a hardened resin matrix and wherein each of said first and second groups reside in different layers from one another and wherein the first group of fibers is aligned in a defined orientation that is different than the second group of fibers; the first wall being at least in part constructed of a third and fourth group of fibers disposed in a hardened resin matrix and wherein each of said third and fourth groups reside in different layers from one another and wherein the third group of fibers is aligned in a defined orientation that is different than the fourth group of fibers; the second wall being at least in part constructed of a fifth and sixth group of fibers disposed in a hardened resin matrix and wherein each of said fifth and sixth groups reside in different layers from one another and wherein the fifth group of fibers is aligned in a defined orientation that is different than the sixth group of fibers; and the pliable upper component comprising outer and inner panels that overlap the inner and outer surfaces of at least one of the first and second side walls structures, said inner or outer panel being non-detachably conjoined to the wall structure.