Appeal No. 2004-0131
Application No. 08/462,531
APPENDIX
2. A shoe having a shoe sole suitable for use in an athletic
shoe, the shoe sole comprising:
a sole inner surface for supporting the foot of an intended
wearer;
a sole outer surface;
a heel portion at a location substantially corresponding to
a heel of the intended wearer’s foot;
a forefoot portion at a location substantially corresponding
to a forefoot of the intended wearer’s foot;
a midtarsal portion at a location corresponding to an area
of the sole between the heel portion and the forefoot portion;
and
a bottom sole;
a midsole defined by an inner midsole surface and an outer
midsole surface;
the heel, midtarsal, and forefoot portions having a
sole middle portion, a sole medial side located medially to the
sole middle portion, and a sole lateral side located laterally to
the sole middle portion,
the midsole having a middle midsole portion, a midsole
side located medially to the middle midsole portion and a lateral
midsole side located laterally to the middle midsole portion,
the inner midsole surface located in each of the medial
and lateral midsole sides comprising a convexly rounded portion,
as viewed in a heel portion frontal plane cross-section when the
shoe sole is upright and in an unloaded condition, the convexity
existing with respect to a portion of the midsole directly
adjacent to the convexly rounded portion of the inner midsole
surface, and
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