US 12,167,769 B2
Sole for a sports shoe
Angelo Mason, Caerano di San Marco (IT)
Assigned to LTWHP, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by LTWHP, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/974,174.
Application 17/974,174 is a continuation of application No. 16/401,450, filed on May 2, 2019, granted, now 11,510,457.
Claims priority of application No. 18170671.4 (EP), filed on May 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0180887 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. A43B 13/16 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/16 (2013.01) [A43B 13/125 (2013.01); A43B 13/183 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sole for a shoe comprising:
a base component,
a top component, and
at least one intermediate component disposed between said base component and said top component, wherein said at least one intermediate component includes a rear portion arranged at a level of a heel of the sole and a front portion extending towards a front starting from the rear portion, in order to engage a zone at an intermediate part of the sole,
wherein said rear portion of said intermediate component includes a first lateral tubular section and a second lateral tubular section, said first lateral tubular section at a lateral side of the sole and said second lateral tubular section at a medial side of the sole,
wherein the first lateral tubular section comprises a first end at the lateral side of the sole and a second opposite end between the lateral side and the medial side of the sole,
wherein the second lateral tubular section comprises a first end at the medial side of the sole and a second opposite end between the medial side and the lateral side of the sole,
said at least one intermediate component further comprising a central section connecting said first lateral tubular section and said second lateral tubular section, said central section comprising a different configuration from said first lateral tubular section and said second lateral tubular section, thereby enabling a behavior reacting to pressure different from said first lateral tubular section and said second lateral tubular section,
wherein said central section comprises an open curved configuration with a concavity facing toward said base component,
wherein said first lateral tubular section and said second lateral tubular section each comprise a first curved segment and a second curved segment, each of said first curved segments defining a concavity facing said top component and each of said second curved segments defining a concavity facing said base component,
wherein said first curved segment of each of said first lateral tubular section and said second lateral tubular section is contiguous with and extends in a downward angle from opposing ends of said central section,
wherein a longitudinal opening of said first lateral tubular section opens internally at a first relief groove delimited at an inner end of said second curved segment of said first lateral tubular section, said first relief groove being open towards said top component, and
wherein a longitudinal opening of said second lateral tubular section opens internally at a second relief groove delimited at an inner end of said second curved segment of said second lateral tubular section, said second relief groove being open towards said top component.