US 12,458,100 B2
Footwear midfoot support system
John F. Swigart, Portland, OR (US); Jean-Marie Bidal, Bridgewater, MA (US); Robert S. Bento, Raynham, MA (US); Keith M. Duffy, Fairhaven, MA (US); and Paul O. Teeter, Pembroke, MA (US)
Assigned to ACUSHNET COMPANY, Fairhaven, MA (US)
Filed by Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/066,847.
Prior Publication US 2024/0197030 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. A43B 5/00 (2022.01); A43B 7/14 (2022.01); A43C 11/14 (2006.01); A43C 11/16 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 7/1495 (2013.01) [A43B 5/001 (2013.01); A43C 11/1493 (2013.01); A43C 11/165 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf shoe comprising:
an upper;
a sole connected to the upper at a bite line, the sole comprising an outsole and an insole, wherein the upper and sole each have a forefoot, midfoot, and heel regions, a lateral side, a medial side, an anterior end, and a posterior end; and
a midfoot support system, comprising a lateral strap and a medial strap, wherein:
the lateral strap is fixedly attached to the medial side of the outsole and extends between the insole and the outsole from the medial side of the insole to the lateral side of the insole;
the medial strap is fixedly attached to the lateral side of the insole and configured to extend under a wearer's foot;
the lateral strap and the medial strap are configured to wrap around the wearer's foot and connect; and
the midfoot support system is configured for tension of the midfoot support system to be increased and decreased and such that, when the tension of the midfoot support system is increased, the midfoot support system provides asymmetrical support of the wearer's foot by drawing the lateral side of the wearer's foot against the lateral side of the golf shoe.