Reflex action sole for shoes having sinuous contoured bottom surface
AssigneeFamolare, Inc.
InventorJoseph P. Famolare, Jr.
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Abstract
A contoured sole for providing wearers with a reflex thrust action in response to walking movements is disclosed herein. The reflex thrust is achieved by incorporating therebetween, a special undulating construction, having multiple crests with troughs in the bottom of the sole. Accordingly, the new sole is provided with a series of specifically defined and segregated portions, which cooperate to enhance and control in a positive and beneficial manner, the walking movements and comfort of the wearer.
Claims19
A reflex action one-piece sole for shoes, which comprises
- a. a longitudinally extending thick body of resilient, shnock absorbing material;
- b. said body including generally horizontal upper surfaces, an edge wall having front, side, and rear portions, and a bottom surface;
- c. said bottom surface comprised of alternating crests and troughs extending completely thereacross and being generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said body;
- d. said crests including spaced, lowermost ground contacting portions;
- e. said alternating crests constituting in succession, a forwardmost toe crest, an intermediate ball crest, an intermediate shank portion crest, and a heel crest, the lowermost ground contacting surfaces of the latter three crests lying in a substantially common plane;
- f. said forwardmost toe crest being elevated with respect to the remainder of said crests and extending forwardly toward and terminating at front edge portions of said sole to provide a rolling, thrusting action as the sole is progressively engaged with a ground surface in walking;
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- g. said heel crest extending upwardly and rearwardly toward and terminating in said rear edge portions of said sole to provide an initial rolling action as the sole is progressively engaged with a ground surface in walking;
- h. said sole thereby providing a gentle rocking motion as it progressively contacts a ground surface.
A reflex action one-piece sole for shoes, which comprises
- a. a longitudinally extending thick body of resilient, shock absorbing material;
- b. said body including an upper foot supporting surface, an edge wall having front, side, and rear portions, and a bottom surface;
- c. said bottom surface comprised of alternating crests and troughs extending completely thereacross and being generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said body;
- d. said crests including spaced, lowermost ground contacting portions;
- e. said alternating crests constituting in succession, a forwardmost toe crest, an intermediate ball crest, an intermediate shank portion crest, and a heel crest.
A reflex action one-piece sole for shoes, which comprises
- a. a longitudinally extending thick body of resilient, shock absorbing material;
- b. said body including an upper foot supporting surface, an edge wall having front, side, and rear portions, and a bottom surface;
- c. a plurality of shallow shaped crests having predetermined circumferential lengths and predetermined depths, said circumferential lengths being a multiple of not less than six times said predetermined depths for each of said shallow shaped crests;
- d. said crests including spaced, lowermost ground contacting portions;
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- e. said alternating crests constituting in succession, a forwardmost toe crest, at least one intermediate crest, and a heel crest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.