Shoe

Abstract

A shoe with a curved rocker bottom sole member with an H-shaped pad that is decoupled from the sole member. The shoe promotes a mid-foot region footstrike and a more even distribution of pressure.

1 . A shoe having an upper and sole member wherein said sole member comprises:
 a front tip, a rear tip, a forefoot region, a mid-foot region, a heel region, a lateral side and medial side, wherein said sole member has a curvature that curves upwardly towards the upper from a portion of the mid-foot region to the rear tip; and   a pad located in the mid-foot region to the heel region of the sole member.   
     
     
         2 . The shoe of  claim 1 , wherein the pad is H-shaped and extends substantially from the lateral side of the sole member to the medial side of the sole member. 
     
     
         3 . The shoe of  claim 2 , wherein the pad is decoupled from the sole member. 
     
     
         4 . The shoe of  claim 1  further comprising a rigid plate. 
     
     
         5 . A shoe having an upper and sole member wherein said sole member comprises:
 a front tip, a rear tip, a forefoot region, a mid-foot region, a heel region, a lateral side and medial side, wherein said sole member has a curvature that curves upwardly towards the upper from a portion of the mid-foot region to the rear tip; and   an H-shaped pad located in the mid-foot region to the heel region of the sole member.   
     
     
         6 . The shoe of  claim 5 , wherein the H-shaped pad is decoupled from the sole member. 
     
     
         7 . A shoe of  claim 5  further comprising a rigid plate. 
     
     
         8 . A shoe having an upper and sole member wherein said sole member comprises:
 a front tip, a rear tip, a forefoot region, a mid-foot region, a heel region, a lateral side and medial side; and   an H-shaped pad comprising a lateral leg and a medial leg connected by a strip, such H-shaped pad being placed in the mid-foot region to the heel region of the sole member.   
     
     
         9 . The shoe of  claim 8 , wherein said sole member has a curvature that curves upwardly towards the upper from a portion of the mid-foot region to the rear tip. 
     
     
         10 . The shoe of  claim 8 , wherein the H-shaped pad is decoupled from the sole member. 
     
     
         11 . The shoe of  claim 8  further comprising a rigid plate positioned in the sole member. 
     
     
         12 . A shoe having an upper and sole member wherein said sole member comprises:
 a front tip, a rear tip, a forefoot region, a mid-foot region, a heel region, a lateral side and medial side, wherein said sole member has a curvature that curves upwardly towards the upper from a portion of the mid-foot region to the rear tip; and   a pad that is placed in the mid-foot region to the heel region of the sole member.   
     
     
         13 . The shoe of  claim 12 , wherein the pad is decoupled from the sole member. 
     
     
         14 . The shoe of  claim 13  further comprising a rigid plate positioned in the sole member.