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US 6,050,002 AGranted
Athletic shoe with improved sole
AssigneeAkeva L.L.C.
InventorDavid F. Meschan
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Abstract
A shoe having a flexible member positioned below a foot support region and above a sole portion. The flexible member having rods extending from the interior portion toward the peripheral portion of the flexible member. The peripheral portion of the flexible member having the periphery thereof restrained from movement so that the flexible member deflects when used.
Claims70
A shoe comprising:
- an upper;
- a foot support region positioned below at least a portion of the upper to support the bottom of a user's foot;
- a sole secured below the foot support region;
- and
- a flexible member positioned below at least a portion of the foot support region and above at least a portion of the sole, the flexible member having a top surface, a bottom surface, a peripheral portion, and an interior portion, rods extending from the interior portion toward the peripheral portion, the interior portion of the flexible member deflecting in use in a direction substantially perpendicular to a major longitudinal axis of the shoe, with at least a portion of the peripheral portion restrained from movement relative to the interior portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to the major longitudinal axis of the shoe.
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A shoe comprising:
- an upper;
- a foot support region positioned below at least a portion of the uppers to support the bottom of a user's foot;
- a sole secured below the foot support region;
- and
- a flexible plate having upper and lower surfaces and peripheral edges positioned below at least a portion of the foot support region and above at least a portion of the sole, rods extending from an interior portion of the flexible plate toward the peripheral edges, peripheral edges of the plate being restrained from movement relative to the interior portion of the plate in a direction substantially perpendicular to a major longitudinal axis of the shoe so that an interior portion of the plate is deflectable relative to the peripheral edges in a direction substantially perpendicular to the major axis of the shoe.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.