(19)
(11) EP 1 034 714 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
30.05.2001 Bulletin 2001/22

(43) Date of publication A2:
13.09.2000 Bulletin 2000/37

(21) Application number: 00201348.0

(22) Date of filing: 14.07.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A43B 13/00, A43B 13/04, A43B 13/14
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 15.07.1988 US 219387
02.09.1988 US 239667

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
97250029.2 / 0811330
89909337.1 / 0424471

(71) Applicant: Anatomic Research, Inc.
Arlington, Virginia 22206-1331 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Ellis, Fampton E.
    Arlington, Virginia (US)

(74) Representative: Dunleavy, Kevin James 
Knoble & Yoshida, p/o De Vries & Metman, Overschiestraat 180
1062 XK Amsterdam
1062 XK Amsterdam (NL)

   


(54) Rounded midsole sides


(57) A construction for a shoe (20), particularly an athletic shoe such as a running shoe, includes a sole (28) provided with at least one bulge having concavely rounded inner and outer surfaces (30, 31). The bulge may be located on a side of the shoe sole (28) at a location which substantially corresponds to the location of one of the essential structural support and propulsion elements of an intended wearer's foot when inside the shoe. The thickness of the bulge decreases gradually in at least one of an anterior or posterior direction to a lesser thickness, as viewed in a horizontal plane when the shoe sole (28) is in an upright, unloaded condition.






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