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Granted Patent B2
US 11,197,513 · App. 17/222,775 · Granted Dec 14, 2021

Running shoe

Inventors: Massimo Rinaldi (Aubrey, TX); Massimiliano Pedroni (Quattro Castella, IT); Silvia Poggi (Suzhou, CH)
A43B13/127A43B13/148A43B13/186A43B5/06
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Patent No.
US 11,197,513
App. No.
17/222,775
Granted
Dec 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A midsole for sports shoes having a front isolation cavity, a side cavity, and a rear isolation cavity partially separating the recessed arch portion of the midsole from the rest of the midsole.

Claims (34)

1. A midsole comprising:

a recessed arch portion;

a front isolation cavity at a front side of the recessed arch portion, the front isolation cavity extends along a width of the midsole;

a rear isolation cavity at a rear side of the recessed arch portion, the rear isolation cavity extends along the width of the midsole; and

a central cavity in the midsole forming a lateral side of the recessed arch portion, the central cavity extends along a length of the midsole

a front right bridge separates the front isolation cavity and the central cavity, a rear right bridge separates the rear isolation cavity and the central cavity, the front isolation cavity extends between the front right bridge and a front left bridge, the rear isolation cavity extends between the rear right bridge and a rear left bridge,

wherein the front isolation cavity, the rear isolation cavity, and the central cavity partially separates the recessed arch portion from a rest of the midsole, wherein the recessed arch portion is configured to deform from a substantially concave shape up to a substantially flat profile under an external pressure and regains the original shape upon release of the external pressure,

wherein the front right bridge, the front left bridge, the rear right bridge, and the rear left bridge are integral with the recessed arch portion and the rest of the midsole, and wherein the front left bridge and rear left bridge are along a medial side of the midsole.

2. The midsole according to claim 1 , wherein the midsole is having a unitary structure of a uniform composition.

3. The midsole according to claim 1 , wherein the partial separation of the recessed arch portion from the rest of the midsole permits the of the recessed arch portion to deform independently from the rest of the midsole and the recessed arch portion configured to support an arch of a protonating foot.

4. The midsole according to claim 1 , wherein a height of the recessed arch portion above a ground surface is in a range of about 0.5-3.0% of an effective length of the midsole.

5. The midsole according to claim 4 , wherein a depth of the front isolation cavity and the rear isolation cavity is in a range of about 5-8% of the effective length of the midsole.

6. The midsole according to claim 5 , wherein a height of the midsole is in a range of about 10-15% of the effective length of the midsole.

7. The midsole according to claim 6 , wherein a height of a ball section of the midsole is in a range of about 8-10% of the effective length of the midsole.

8. The midsole according to claim 7 , wherein a height of a heel section of the midsole is in a range of about 10-15% of the effective length of the midsole.

9. The midsole according to claim 1 , wherein the central cavity extends from a ball section of the midsole to a heel section of the midsole, wherein the central cavity is narrowest in a middle adjacent to the recessed arch portion.

10. The midsole according to claim 9 , wherein the midsole further comprises a plurality of flex cuts in the rest of the midsole, wherein each flex cut of the plurality of flex cuts is continuous with the central cavity.

11. A footwear comprising a midsole, the midsole comprises:

a recessed arch portion;

a front isolation cavity at a front side of the recessed arch portion, the front isolation cavity extends along a width of the midsole;

a rear isolation cavity at a rear side of the recessed arch portion, the rear isolation cavity extends along the width of the midsole; and

a central cavity in the midsole forming a lateral side of the recessed arch portion, the central cavity extends along a length of the midsole

a front right bridge separates the front isolation cavity and the central cavity, a rear right bridge separates the rear isolation cavity and the central cavity, the front isolation cavity extends between the front right bridge and a front left bridge, the rear isolation cavity extends between the rear right bridge and a rear left bridge,

wherein the front isolation cavity, the rear isolation cavity, and the central cavity partially separates the recessed arch portion from a rest of the midsole, wherein the recessed arch portion is configured to deform from a substantially concave shape up to a substantially flat profile under an external pressure and regains the original shape on release of the external pressure,

wherein the front right bridge, the front left bridge, the rear right bridge, and the rear left bridge are integral with the recessed arch portion and the rest of the midsole, and wherein the front left bridge and rear left bridge are along a medial side of the midsole.

12. The footwear according to claim 11 , wherein the midsole is having a unitary structure of a uniform composition.

13. The footwear according to claim 11 , wherein the partial separation of the recessed arch portion from the rest of the midsole permits the the recessed arch portion to deform independently from the rest of the midsole and the recessed arch portion configured to support an arch of a protonating foot.

14. The footwear according to claim 11 , wherein a height of the recessed arch portion above a ground surface is in a range of about 0.5-3.0% of an effective length of the midsole.

15. The footwear according to claim 14 , wherein a depth of the front isolation cavity and the rear isolation cavity is in a range of about 5-8% of the effective length of the midsole.

16. The footwear according to claim 15 , wherein a height of the midsole is in a range of about 10-15% of the effective length of the midsole.

17. The footwear according to claim 16 , wherein a height of a ball section of the midsole is in a range of about 8-10% of the effective length of the midsole.

18. The footwear according to claim 17 , wherein a height of a heel section of the midsole is in a range of about 10-15% of the effective length of the midsole.

19. The footwear according to claim 11 , wherein the central cavity extends from a ball section of the midsole to a heel section of the midsole, wherein the central cavity is narrowest in a middle adjacent to the recessed arch portion, the midsole further comprises a plurality of flex cuts in the rest of the midsole, each flex cut of the plurality of flex cuts is continuous with the central cavity.

20. The footwear according to claim 19 , wherein the footwear further comprises an outer sole as sections of the outer sole, wherein the sections of the outer sole are provided over the rest of the midsole, wherein the recessed arch portion is plain without the outer sole, wherein each section of the outer sole extends between one or two flex cuts of the plurality of flex cuts and the central cavity.

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