US 11,896,085 B2
Athletic positioning apparatus and applications thereof
Michael R. Adair, Woodruff, SC (US); and Timothy W. Markison, Mesa, AZ (US)
Assigned to Athalonz, LLC, Mesa, AZ (US)
Filed by Athalonz, LLC, Mesa, AZ (US)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/994,872.
Application 17/994,872 is a continuation of application No. 17/327,054, filed on May 21, 2021, granted, now 11,510,456.
Application 17/327,054 is a continuation of application No. 16/397,605, filed on Apr. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,013,291, issued on May 25, 2021.
Application 16/397,605 is a continuation of application No. 14/563,135, filed on Dec. 8, 2014, granted, now 10,271,611, issued on Apr. 30, 2019.
Application 14/563,135 is a continuation of application No. 13/355,778, filed on Jan. 23, 2012, granted, now 8,938,893, issued on Jan. 27, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/450,485, filed on Mar. 8, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2023/0088961 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A43B 7/14 (2022.01); A43B 13/14 (2006.01); A43B 7/1405 (2022.01); A43B 7/142 (2022.01); A43B 7/143 (2022.01); A43B 7/144 (2022.01); A43B 7/1445 (2022.01); A43B 7/24 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 7/14 (2013.01) [A43B 7/141 (2013.01); A43B 7/142 (2013.01); A43B 7/143 (2013.01); A43B 7/144 (2013.01); A43B 7/1445 (2013.01); A43B 7/24 (2013.01); A43B 13/14 (2013.01); A43B 13/143 (2013.01); A43B 13/148 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shoe comprises:
an upper section; and
a sole section coupled to the upper section, wherein the sole section includes:
a heel section that includes a first height at an outer edge of the sole section and at an inner edge of the sole section at a first crosscut section of the heel section from the outer edge of the sole section to the inner edge of sole section; and
a forefoot platform that is proximal to the heel section and includes:
a first slope at least partially along the inner edge sole section;
a second slope at least partially along the outer edge of the sole section, wherein the first slope is greater than the second slope with respect to a bottom of the shoe;
a third slope at least partially along a second crosscut section of the forefoot platform from the outer edge of the sole section to in the inner edge of the sole section, wherein the second crosscut section is at a ball of foot area or at a toe area of the forefoot platform; and
a rigid wall at the outer edge of the sole section proximal to at least one of the ball of foot area and the toe area of the forefoot platform, wherein padding is attached to an inside surface of the rigid wall.