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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2009
Applicant:
Mike Corbett, Bath, GB;
Inventor:
Mike Corbett, Bath, GB;
Assignee:
C. & J. Clark America, Inc., Newton Upper Falls, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 7/06 (2006.01); A43B 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a sole unit having a midsole section and an outsole section. The midsole incorporates a number of cavities which open at their top ends and which are wider at their bottom ends. The outsole section incorporates a number of diaphragm elements which close off the bottoms of the cavities. In some arrangements there is a footbed which has in its underside a number of recesses disposed above each of the cavities, the recesses being linked by channels and incorporating orifices leading to the inside of an article of footwear.