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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2018
Adidas Ag, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Paul Leonard Michael Smith, Nuremberg, DE;
Stuart David Reinhardt, Portland, OR (US);
Angus Wardlaw, Nuremberg, DE;
Jan Hill, Großenseebach, DE;
James Tarrier, Nuremberg, DE;
Falk Bruns, Nuremberg, DE;
Andreas Thieret, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Oliver Wendel, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Maximilian Grüttner, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Bernhard Schuster, Herzogenaurach, DE;
adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A shoe, in particular an athletic shoe, comprising a heel portion that includes an adaptive heel element arranged in the heel portion of the shoe, wherein the adaptive heel element comprises a stretch material. A heel counter is arranged in the heel portion, wherein the heel counter comprises a lateral portion and a medial portion for supporting the heel of a wearer's foot and a posterior gap therebetween wherein the posterior gap forms an essentially vertical split portion, wherein the split portion is adapted such that the adaptive heel element can move and deform within the split portion, and wherein the adaptive heel element within the split portion is adapted to contour to the anatomical shape of the heel of the wearer.