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US 6,438,873 B1Granted
Shoe having an external chassis
Assigneeadidas International B.V.
InventorsJeff Gebhard, Charles D. Kraeuter
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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.
Claims25
A shoe comprising:
- an upper including a bottom surface;
- a structural chassis affixed to an exterior of the bottom surface of the upper, the chassis comprising at least one upwardly extending flange;
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- a plurality of spaced-apart sole elements affixed to a bottom surface of the structural chassis, wherein at least one of the plurality of sole elements extends upwardly along the chassis flange and the structural chassis bottom surface includes at least one exposed, unsupported portion between the sole elements.
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