| US 7,562,468 B2 | ||
| Removable rounded midsole structures and chambers with computer processor-controlled variable pressure | ||
| Frampton E. Ellis, III, Jasper, Fla. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Anatomic Research, Inc, Jasper, Fla. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 31, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/831,597. | ||
| Application 11/831597 is a continuation of application No. 11/190087, filed on Jul. 26, 2005, granted, now 7,334,350. | ||
| Application 11/190087 is a continuation of application No. 09/527019, filed on Mar. 16, 2000, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/140360, filed on Jun. 23, 1999. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/133114, filed on May 07, 1999. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/130990, filed on Apr. 26, 1999. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/125949, filed on Mar. 24, 1999. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/125199, filed on Mar. 18, 1999. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/124662, filed on Mar. 16, 1999. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0000108 A1, Jan. 03, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A43B 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 36—25R [36/100; 36/15] | 22 Claims |
| 1. A sole for a shoe or other footwear, comprising:
a shoe sole including at least an inner surface, an outer surface and a bottom sole;
the inner surface of the shoe sole including at least one convexly rounded portion, said convexity being determined relative
to a portion of the shoe sole directly adjacent to the inner surface of the shoe sole, as viewed in a frontal plane cross-section
when the shoe sole is upright and in an unloaded condition;
the outer surface of the shoe sole including at least one concavely rounded portion, said concavity being determined relative
to a portion of the shoe sole directly adjacent to the outer surface of the shoe sole, as viewed in a frontal plane cross-section
when the shoe sole is upright and in an unloaded condition;
each said concavely rounded portion of the sole outer surface being located on the shoe sole at a location corresponding to
the location of at least one convexly rounded portion of the sole inner surface so as to define a rounded portion of the shoe
sole located between said convexly rounded portion of the sole inner surface and said concavely rounded portion of the sole
outer surface, as viewed in a frontal plane cross-section when the shoe sole is upright and in an unloaded condition;
wherein at least a rounded part of each said rounded portion of the shoe sole between parallel rounded portions of the sole
outer surface and inner surface has a uniform thickness, and said rounded part of the shoe sole which has a uniform thickness
extends from a lowest point of the shoe sole to at least a sidemost extent of the side of the shoe sole, as viewed in a frontal
plane cross-section when the shoe is upright and in an unloaded condition;
at least two computer controlled compartments; and
a duct providing fluid communication between each of said at least two computer controlled compartments.
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