US 12,082,642 B2
Sole including multiple support members
Jean-Luc Diard, Annecy (FR); Stephen Liu, GuangZhou (CN); Christophe Aubonnet, Tresserve (FR); and Stephen Kass, Carpinteria, CA (US)
Assigned to DECKERS OUTDOOR CORPORATION, Goleta, CA (US)
Filed by DECKERS OUTDOOR CORPORATION, Goleta, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/479,979.
Prior Publication US 2023/0089617 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/22 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/125 (2013.01) [A43B 13/226 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of footwear comprising:
a sole including a longitudinal axis and a lateral support member, a medial support member and a front support member that are independent from each other and combine to form a triangular contact region on a bottom surface of the sole,
said lateral support member having an oblong shape with a front end and a rear end and being at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the sole and extending from the longitudinal axis of the sole toward a lateral side of said sole so that a first distance of said front end of the lateral support member from the longitudinal axis of the sole is greater than a second distance from the rear end of the lateral support member from the longitudinal axis of the sole, wherein a lateral most point of the lateral support member is at a midpoint of a longitudinal axis of the lateral support member or between the midpoint of the longitudinal axis of the lateral support member and a rear end of the sole; and
said medial support member having an oblong shape with a front end and a rear end and being at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the sole and extending from the longitudinal axis of the sole toward a medial side of said sole so that a first distance of said front end of the medial support member from the longitudinal axis of the sole is greater than a second distance from the rear end of the medial support member to the longitudinal axis of the sole, wherein a medial most point of the medial support member is at a midpoint of a longitudinal axis of the medial support member or between the midpoint of the longitudinal axis of the medial support member and the rear end of the sole,
wherein said lateral support member and said medial support member are entirely spaced apart from each other across the longitudinal axis of the sole.