US 7,490,416 B2
Shoe with cushioning and speed enhancement midsole components and method for construction thereof
Herbert E. Townsend, 3155 Balsam Rd., Center Valley, Pa. 18034 (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/996,235.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/539288, filed on Jan. 26, 2004.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/548077, filed on Feb. 26, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2005/0160626 A1, Jul. 28, 2005
Int. Cl. A43B 13/18 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 36—28  [36/30 R; 36/154] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shoe to be worn on a foot, said shoe comprising a midsole having a top surface, said shoe midsole fabricated from material having a fixed elastic modulus and having at least one cavity formed in said top surface below the bottom of the foot, said at least one cavity filled with material consisting essentially of a dilatant compound, all of which material consisting essentially of a dilatant compound is retained below the bottom of the foot.