Asymmetric shoes
Assigneeadidas International B.V.
InventorsCIRO FUSCO, WOLFGANG SCHOLZ
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Abstract
The present invention relates to athletic shoes used in sports that require asymmetric movement of the feet, such as fencing. The asymmetric shoes of the present invention include a trailing shoe and a leading shoe that are each specially adapted to the particular asymmetric movement of the trailing and leading foot, respectively, allowing each foot to perform optimally. The leading and trailing shoes each include an upper and a sole. The trailing shoe sole includes front, rear, lateral, and medial portions, the lateral sole portion having a greater thickness than the medial portion.
Claims20
A pair of shoes, comprising:
- a leading shoe including an upper and a sole;
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- a trailing shoe including an upper and a sole, the trailing shoe sole comprising a lateral portion and a medial portion, wherein the lateral portion is constructed with a thickness greater than that of the medial portion.
A pair of shoes comprising:
- a leading shoe;
- and
- a trailing shoe having a wedged sole, the wedged sole having a greater thickness on a lateral portion than on an opposed medial portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.