Footwear

Abstract

An elegant and stylish high-heeled shoe includes improved arch supports, pads, and gel-filled cushions, to enhance ankle stability and wearer comfort and improved weight distribution, by collecting and transferring body weight primarily by the ball of the heel and secondarily by an arch support and tertiarily by a toe post. These distributed support structures in combination prevent an undesirable feeling of the foot sliding down the ramp.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A high-heeled shoe component integrally comprising:
 a heel pillar, an outer sole, and an insock, with
 said heel pillar comprising a reinforcement column, and said outer sole
 defining a longitudinal medial contour further defining forward and rearward directions, and 
 defining a ball line substantially transverse to said longitudinal medial contour, and 
 further comprising a pocket defining a pocket area, with at least 75% of said pocket area located rearward of said ball line, and 
 further comprising an insert molded shank. 
 
   
     
     
         2 . The high-heeled shoe component of  claim 1 , wherein said reinforcing column is recessed within said heel pillar to form a downward-pointing aperture, and further comprising
 a top lift having a protruding dowel received within said downward-pointing aperture and abutted to and coaxial to said reinforcement column in said heel pillar.   
     
     
         3 . The high-heeled shoe component of  claim 1 ,
 further comprising   a dowel abutted to and coaxial to said reinforcement column in said heel pillar and partially protruding from said heel pillar, and   a top lift affixed to said dowel.   
     
     
         4 . The high-heeled shoe component of  claim 1 , wherein said insock further comprises a shock-absorbing gel pad registered within said pocket of said outer sole. 
     
     
         5 . The high-heeled shoe component of  claim 3 , wherein said insock further comprises a second, semilunar shock absorbing gel pad. 
     
     
         6 . The high-heeled shoe component of  claim 1 , wherein said shank is transfixed by a fastener. 
     
     
         7 . The high-heeled shoe component of  claim 1 , wherein said outer sole further comprises first and second undercuts which respectively receive first and second ends of a toe strap. 
     
     
         8 . The high-heeled shoe component of  claim 1 , wherein said outer sole further comprises an undercut by the heel which receives a heel counter. 
     
     
         9 . The high-heeled shoe component of  claim 1 , wherein said outer sole further defines a heel cup having a transverse width dimension and with a depth dimension of said heel cup being at least 17% of said transverse width dimension. 
     
     
         10 . The high-heeled shoe component of  claim 1 , wherein said outer sole further defines a heel cup and a throat section connected by a negatively curved surface.