Patent ID: 7513064

Claim:
An article of footwear for a wearer having a one piece molded midsole having a top surface adjacent to the sole of the wearer's foot and a bottom surface adjacent to the ground when in use, said midsole extending from a rear end at the wearer's heel to a front end beyond the tips of the wearer's toes, said midsole having co-molded therewith an integral toe cap extending from the front end of the midsole back over the wearer's toes and terminating in a rear edge at a position adjacent to the base of the wearer's toes and said midsole having a midsole flex line substantially aligned with the rear edge of the toe cap, the integral toe cap and the portion of the midsole with which it is associated defining a toe section of the article of footwear which is articulated from the remainder of the article of footwear along the midsole flex line, a frictional surface between the body of the molded midsole and the sole of the wearer's foot and an outsole adhered to the midsole bottom surface.