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US 12,702,191 B2Granted
Footwear sole including a support member providing medial and lateral support
AssigneeDeckers Outdoor Corporation
InventorStephen Kass
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Abstract
An article of footwear including a sole including a midsole and an outsole attached to the midsole, where the sole includes a medial side and a lateral side and a support member positioned between the midsole and the outsole. The support member includes a body having a medial side and a lateral side, where the medial side and the lateral side of the body each include a pair of arms respectively extending toward the medial side and the lateral side of the sole.
Claims11
A sole for an article of footwear, the sole comprising:
- a sole including a midsole and an outsole, the outsole being attached to the midsole, said sole including a medial side and a lateral side;
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- a support member positioned between said midsole and said outsole, said support member including a body having a medial side, a lateral side and a central part between said medial side of said body and said lateral side of said body, said central part has a vertically oriented curvature extending between said medial side of said body and said lateral side of said body that forms a single space below said central part, said single space extending longitudinally from a front edge of said body to a rear edge of said body, said medial side of said body and said lateral side of said body each including a plurality of arms respectively extending toward said medial side of said sole and said lateral side of said sole, wherein said single space spans an entire width of said central part, and wherein said central part extends from said plurality of arms of said medial side of said body to said plurality of arms of said lateral side of said body,
- wherein (i) said plurality of arms on said medial side of said body are spaced from a medial edge of said sole, or (ii) said plurality of arms on said lateral side of said body are spaced from a lateral edge of said sole.
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