| US 7,555,849 B2 | ||
| Footwear and insole therefor | ||
| Lorne Canvin, Box 20063, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3K 2E5 (Canada) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/566,699 PCT Filed Aug. 03, 2004, PCT No. PCT/CA2004/001447 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Feb. 01, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/011542, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 10, 2005. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2436368 (CA), filed on Aug. 01, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0242860 A1, Nov. 02, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A43B 13/38 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 36—43 [36/88; 36/140] | 14 Claims |
| 1. An article of footwear comprising:
an outsole for engaging the ground;
an insole having an average durometer as measured on the Ashore hardness scale of at least 6; and
a shoe body supported on the outsole, including an internal foot bed comprising a space with an internal height arranged to
receive both the insole and a foot of a person therein;
the insole having a depth which is at least ⅜ inch at a metatarsal region thereof and being received in the internal foot
bed so as to be arranged for supporting the foot of the person thereon;
the internal height of the internal foot bed being at least 2 inches at the metatarsal region and being arranged such that:
a ratio of the internal height of the internal foot bed at the metatarsal region to a length of the internal foot bed is at
least 0.2; and
a ratio of the internal height of the internal foot bed at the metatarsal region to a width of the internal foot bed at the
metatarsal region is at least 0.55.
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