Patent ID: 8127467

Claim:
A sole comprising: a sole body which forms a bottom part of a footwear, the sole body having opposite front and rear ends, a fourth toe supporting part in proximity to the front end for supporting a vicinity of a root of the fourth toe of a wearer of the footwear and a heel supporting part in proximity to the rear end for supporting a heel of the wearer; and a foot pressure guidance portion provided in the sole body to guide a foot pressure center corresponding to a center of a pressure applied to a bottom of a foot from the heel supporting part toward the fourth toe supporting part when the wearer walks or runs, the foot pressure guidance portion having at least one physical characteristic that is different from other portions of the sole body and being so narrow that only the foot pressure guidance portion guides the foot pressure center, the physical characteristic of the foot pressure guidance portion that is different from other portions of the sole body including: a wide area protrusion portion provided on an area including at least the heel supporting part; and a foot pressure protrusion portion extending from the wide area protrusion portion toward the fourth toe supporting part, the foot pressure protrusion portion extending from a widthwise middle part of a forward edge of the wide area protrusion portion to the fourth toe supporting part.