No Pain Shoe

Abstract

A shoe that reduces or eliminates pain in the foot wearing the shoe, having an upper, a sole, a heel, and a heel seat, wherein the shoe includes a heel center point, a last ball break point, a toe point, and a longitudinal, horizontal center line that defines a lateral center of gravity through the shoe, wherein the heel center point, the last ball break point, the toe point are disposed along the longitudinal, horizontal center line of the shoe. The toe spring can be between about 7 mm and about 10 mm. The heel height can be 100 mm or less, from the bottom of the heel base to an upper-rear peripheral point of the heel seat. And the heel seat has a pitch that is controlled to about 20 mm or less, and preferably 15-20 mm.

1 . A shoe that reduces or eliminates pain in the foot wearing the shoe, comprising: an upper, a sole, a heel, and a heel seat, wherein the shoe includes a heel center point, a last ball break point, a toe point, and a longitudinal, horizontal center line that defines a lateral center of gravity through the shoe, wherein the heel center point, the last ball break point, the toe point are disposed along the longitudinal, horizontal center line of the shoe. 
     
     
         2 . The shoe according to  claim 1 , wherein the shoe is a lady's high heel shoe having a height of a toe spring between about 7 mm and about 10 mm. 
     
     
         3 . The high heel shoe according to  claim 2 , wherein the heel has as heel height of 100 mm or less from the bottom of the heel base to an upper-rear peripheral point of the heel seat. 
     
     
         4 . (canceled) 
     
     
         5 . The shoe according to  claim 1 , wherein the shoe is a man's or low high heel shoe, having a height of a toe spring between about 7 mm and about 10 mm. 
     
     
         6 . The high heel shoe according to  claim 6 , wherein the heel has a heel height of 40 mm or less from the bottom of the heel base to an upper-rear peripheral point of the heel seat. 
     
     
         7 . (canceled) 
     
     
         8 . A shoe that reduces or eliminates pain in the foot wearing the shoe, comprising: an upper, as sole having an undersurface, and a heel having a heel base having a heel center point,
 wherein the sole has:
 a longitudinal, horizontal center line, 
 a last ball break line that extends substantially laterally on the bottom surface of the sole that defines a boundary line of contact of the sole with a level surface on which the high heel shoe stands, and that is closest to the heel base, 
 a toe point that is the forward-most portion of the sole, and 
 a last ball break point that is the center of the weight of the wearer along the last ball break point line; 
   wherein the heel has an upper heel seat that attaches to a rear portion of the undersurface of the sole; and   wherein the heel center point, the last ball break point, and the toe point are all along, or vertically displaced along, the longitudinal, horizontal centerline.   
     
     
         9 . The shoe according to  claim 4  where the height of the heel, from a bottom of the heel base to an upper-most peripheral point of the upper heel seat, is not higher than 100 mm, including within 40 mm. 
     
     
         10 . The high heel shoe according to  claims 2 , wherein the heel seat has a pitch that is controlled to about 20 mm or less, preferably to about 15 mm to 20 mm. 
     
     
         11 . The high heel shoe according to  claims 3 , wherein the heel seat has a pitch that is controlled to about 20 mm or less, preferably to about 15 mm to 20 mm. 
     
     
         12 . The high heel shoe according to  claim 5 , wherein the heel seat has a pitch that is controlled to about 1 mm to about 2 mm, preferably to about 1.2 mm to 1.5 mm. 
     
     
         13 . The high heel shoe according to  claim 6 , wherein the heel seat has a pitch that is controlled to about 1 mm to about 2 mm, preferably to about 1.2 mm to 1.5 mm.