Patent ID: 8635786

Claim:
A foot-receiving device, comprising: a foot-covering member; and a foot-supporting member engaged with the foot-covering member, wherein the foot-supporting member includes: a first impact-attenuating member located in a heel portion and on a medial side of the foot-supporting member; a second impact-attenuating member separate from the first impact-attenuating member and located at a rear, lateral heel portion of the foot-supporting member, the first impact-attenuating member being located closer to a front of the foot-receiving device than the second impact-attenuating member, wherein the second impact-attenuating member provides less resistance to an impact force as compared with the first impact-attenuating member; and a third impact-attenuating member located in the heel portion on a lateral side of the foot-receiving device and separate from the first and second impact-attenuating members and closer to the front of the foot-receiving device as compared to the second impact-attenuating member, wherein the second impact-attenuating member provides less resistance to an impact force as compared with the third impact-attenuating member; wherein each impact-attenuating member includes a shear resistant member engaged with the impact-attenuating member and including a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a zigzag wall member extending between the first end and the second end.