Back to results
US 6,119,373 AGranted
Shoe having an external chassis
Assigneeadidas International B.V.
InventorsJeff Gebhard, Charles D. Kraeuter
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An athletic shoe including a upper, a support member or "chassis" attached to the underside of the upper, and sole elements attached to the bottom of the support member. The support member provides support for the foot, and thereby permits use of spaced apart sole elements rather than a full midsole and a full outsole. In addition, the support member can be tailored to provide the optimum stiffness for a particular activity or user.
Claims15
A shoe comprising:
- an upper including a bottom surface;
- a structural chassis affixed to an exterior of the bottom surface of the upper, wherein the chassis includes:
- a rear portion;
- a middle portion;
- and
- a front portion including a forefront supporting portion, a toe supporting portion, and a flexure axis therebetween, wherein the flexure axis between the forefoot and toe supporting portions is aligned with opposed lateral notches formed in the chassis;
- and
- a plurality of spaced-apart sole elements affixed to a bottom surface of the structural chassis, wherein the structural chassis bottom surface includes at least one exposed, unsupported portion between the sole elements.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.