Suspension system for shoes comprised of carbon fiber springs and other components.

Abstract

A new self-contained energy transfer system for shoes, which absorbs stores and releases energy and can be adapted to any footwear; engineered to provide the correct biomechanical sequence of events during the gait cycle, eliminating the need for a flexible articulation of the shoe at the toe break. It is composed of two reactionary plates attached at the toe end and open at the heel end. Between the top reaction plate and the lower reaction plate is a series of lineally arched progressively resistant spring components. The toe end of the inner component functions as a fulcrum for the reaction plates as they are fastened together at the heel end which places the complete unit in tension. Tensioning the unit removes any play or slack within the components providing an efficient energy transfer system; the same principle as stringing an archer's bow.

1 . That the energy transfer system is an independent unit wholly contained within itself, allowing the unit to achieve its intended purpose while adapted to any type of footwear. 
     
     
         2 . That the system consists of two reactionary plates of a convex and concave curvature attached at the toe end and open at the heel end, serving as a chassis for containment of the inner components. 
     
     
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         4 . That the component springs are of two single lineal arches mirrored to each other and bound at the end creating a modified ellipse. 
     
     
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