US 7,350,320 B2Granted

Structural element for a shoe sole

Assigneeadidas International Marketing B.V.

InventorsMatthew Daniel Chandler, Jan Hill, Robert Leimer, Timothy David Lucas, Gerd Rainer Manz, Angus Wardlaw, Charles Griffin Wilson, III, Mark Andrew Henderson

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a shoe sole including a cushioning element. The shoe sole can include a heel cup or heel rim having a shape that substantially corresponds to the shape of heel of a foot. Further, the heel part can include a plurality of side walls arranged below the heel cup or rim and at least one tension element that interconnects at least one side wall to another side wall or to the heel cup or rim. The heel cup or rim, the plurality of side walls, and the at least one tension element can be integrally formed as a single piece.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A sole for an article of footwear comprising a heel part, the heel part comprising:

a heel cup having a shape that corresponds substantially to a heel of a foot;
a plurality of substantially vertically extending side walls arranged below the heel cup, wherein the plurality of substantially vertically extending side walls comprises a rear facing side wall and at least one other side wall forming an aperture therebetween;
and
at least one substantially planar horizontal tension element extending between and interconnecting an interior surface of at least one side wall with an interior surface of at least one of another side wall and the heel cup, wherein the heel cup, the plurality of side walls, and the at least one tension element are integrally made as a single piece.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/396,414Filed 31 Mar 2006 · continuation
Priority: DE 10 2005 006 26711 Feb 2005
Published: US 2006/0265905 A130 Nov 2006
Granted: 1 Apr 2008
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A43B 13/186
Resiliency achieved by the structure of the sole: differential cushioning region, e.g. cushioning located under the ball of the foot
A43B 13/14
Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units: characterised by the constructive form
A43B 13/181
Resilient soles: resiliency achieved by the structure of the sole
A43B 13/188
Resiliency achieved by the features of the material, e.g. foam, non liquid materials: differential cushioning regions

Family

Application11/346,998Parent of this continuation · filed 3 Feb 2006
US 2006/0265905 A1Pre-grant publication · published 30 Nov 2006
US 2006/0288612 A1Published application
US 7,401,419 B2Related patent
US 7,350,320 B2This patent

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