Shoe with resilient heel

Abstract

A shoe with a resilient heel comprising: a shoe having a heel, midsole, outsole, toe, vamp and quarter; a rear resilient member attached to the midsole having a rear impact area for impacting the ground during a first stage of a step and a rear mid-impact area for impacting the ground during a second stage of a step wherein the rear impact area includes a rear upward curve; and, a front resilient member attached to the midsole forward the quarter having a front mid-impact area for impacting the ground during a third stage of a step and a front impact area for impacting the ground during a fourth stage of a step wherein the front impact area includes a front upward curve.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A shoe with a resilient heel comprising:
 a shoe having a heel, midsole, outsole, toe, vamp and quarter;   a rear resilient member attached to the shoe and extending forward past the quarter;   an inner concave area defined in the rear resilient member disposed under the heel and defined in the top of the resilient member;   a rear impact area included in the rear portion of the rear resilient member for impacting the ground during the first stage of a step having an upward curve at the rear end of the inner concave area; and,   a rear mid-impact area included in the rear portion of the rear resilient member and disposed about a mid-line of the inner concave area for impacting the ground during the second stage of a step.   
     
     
         2 . The shoe of  claim 1  including an insert removably attached to the sole and rear resilient member at the attachment point so that the resiliency provided by the rear resilient member can be varied by providing different sized inserts. 
     
     
         3 . The shoe of  claim 1  wherein the rear resilient member extends into the sole and is disposed under at least 50% of the vamp. 
     
     
         4 . The shoe of  claim 3  wherein the top portion of the rear resilient member extends to the toe. 
     
     
         5 . The shoe of  claim 3  including an outer concave convex portion defined in rear resilient member, included in the outsole and disposed forward the quarter and under the vamp. 
     
     
         6 . The shoe of  claim 1  including a front resilient member included in the shoe and disposed forward the quarter and under the vamp extending to the toe. 
     
     
         7 . The shoe of  claim 7  including:
 a front mid-impact area included in the front resilient member for impacting the ground during the third stage of a step and disposed about a mid-line of a front concave area defined in the front resilient member; and, 
 a front impact area defined in the front portion of the front resilient member impacting the ground during the fourth stage of a step and including a upward curve at the toe end of the front resilient member. 
 
     
     
         8 . The shoe of  claim 7  including a resilient bridge connecting the rear resilient member to the front resilient member wherein the resilient member bridge is included in the midsole. 
     
     
         9 . The shoe of  claim 1  including a plurality of fingers included in the resilient member extending rearward. 
     
     
         10 . The shoe of  claim 9  wherein a set of inner fingers extend further rearward than a set of outer fingers. 
     
     
         11 . The shoe of  claim 9  wherein the distance between the fingers and the midsole varies and alternates. 
     
     
         12 . The shoe of  claim 1  including a light assembly having a light, power supply and actuator attached to the midsole disposed in a space defined between the midsole and the rear resilient member. 
     
     
         13 . The shoe of  claim 12  wherein the actuator is a spring mass switch. 
     
     
         14 . The shoe of  claim 1  including a light assembly having a front light disposed in the tongue for projecting light forward, power supply and an actuator integrated in to the vamp. 
     
     
         15 . The shoe of  claim 14  including a heel light included in the light assembly disposed in the heel for projecting light rearward. 
     
     
         16 . The shoe of  claim 1  including a rear pad attached to the bottom of the rear resilient member at the rear end of the rear resilient member and a mid pad attached to the bottom of the resilient member at a point forward the quarter. 
     
     
         17 . A shoe with a resilient heel comprising:
 a shoe having a heel, midsole, outsole, toe, vamp and quarter;   a rear resilient member attached to the midsole having a rear impact area for impacting the ground during a first stage of a step and a rear mid-impact area for impacting the ground during a second stage of a step wherein the rear impact area includes a rear upward curve; and,   a front resilient member attached to the midsole forward the quarter having a front mid-impact area for impacting the ground during a third stage of a step and a front impact area for impacting the ground during a fourth stage of a step wherein the front impact area includes a front upward curve.   
     
     
         18 . The shoe of  claim 17  including a rear concave area defined in the top portion of the rear resilient member. 
     
     
         19 . The shoe of  claim 17  including a front concave area defined in the top portion of the front resilient member. 
     
     
         20 . A shoe with a resilient heel comprising:
 a shoe having a midsole;   a rear resilient member attached to the midsole having a rear concave area and defining a space between the midsole and the rear resilient member; and,   a sole concave area defined in the outsole disposed forward the rear concave area.