Patent ID: 7150113

Claim:
An insert for a shoe, comprising: a shoe insert body having a generally elongated shape with an outer perimeter configured to substantially conform to a sole of the shoe so that the shoe insert body extends along an inner surface of the shoe from a location proximate to a heel of the shoe to a toe of the shoe, the shoe insert body being generally planar and formed by a reinforced elastomer material that regulates and dissipates vibration, the shoe insert body having first and second major surfaces, the reinforced elastomer material comprising: first and second elastomer layers; and a reinforcement layer disposed between and generally separating the first and second elastomer layers, the reinforcement layer comprising a cloth layer formed of a plurality of woven high tensile fibrous material, the plurality of woven high tensile fibrous material being connected to the first and second elastomer layers generally uniformly throughout to provide substantially complete coverage between the first and second elastomer layers, the cloth layer being generally compliant only in a direction generally perpendicular to the first major surface so as to be generally non energy storing in the direction, wherein the high tensile fibrous material generally distributes impact energy parallel to the first major surface and into the first and second elastomer layers.