Stabilizer athletic shoes

Abstract

An athletic shoe is provided which contributes a dynamic stability of the shoe during several athletic activities. The athletic shoe comprises a tapered lateral wedge section and may further include a lateral heel stabilizer, a medial heel wedge and a tapered lateral forefoot section.

1. A stabilizer athletic shoe comprising a sole having a bottom portion, a forefoot having a top portion, a rearfoot portion, an edge and a heel portion, said forefoot portion having a medial part and a lateral part, an external lateral foot stabilizer attached to the edge of said sole, a bottom forefoot wedge member attached to the bottom of said sole, a medial heel wedge having a bottom portion wherein said heel wedge spans substantially the entire length, and about one-half the width of said heel, and a heel stabilizer extending from the bottom portion of said heel to the top of the rearfoot portion. 
     
     
       2. A stabilizer athletic shoe as in  claim 1  wherein said external lateral foot stabilizer is from about ⅛ to about ¼ inch thick, with the thickness increasing from said medial part to said lateral part of said forefoot portion. 
     
     
       3. A stabilizer athletic shoe as in  claim 1  wherein said bottom forefoot wedge member and said lateral foot stabilizer partly overlap one another. 
     
     
       4. A stabilizer athletic shoe as in  claim 2  wherein said bottom forefoot wedge member and said lateral foot stabilizer partly overlap one another. 
     
     
       5. A stabilizer athletic shoe comprising a sole having a bottom portion, a forefoot having a top portion, a rear foot portion, an edge and a heel portion, said forefoot portion having a medial part and a lateral part, and a lateral foot stabilizer integral with and conformally contouring the edge of said sole. 
     
     
       6. A stabilizer athletic shoe as in  claim 5  wherein said lateral foot stabilizer is from about  1 / 8  to about  1 / 4  inch thick, with the thickness increasing from said medial part to said lateral part of said forefoot portion. 
     
     
       7. A stabilizer athletic shoe as in  claim 5  further including a forefoot wedge member. 
     
     
       8. A stabilizer athletic shoe as in  claim 7  wherein said forefoot wedge member and said lateral foot stabilizer partly overlap each other. 
     
     
       9. A stabilizer athletic shoe as in  claim 7  wherein said lateral foot stabilizer is from about  1 / 8  to about  1 / 4  inch thick, with the thickness increasing from said medial part of said lateral part of said forefoot portion. 
     
     
       10. A stabilizer athletic shoe as in  claim 8  wherein said lateral foot stabilizer is from about  1 / 8  to about  1 / 4  inch thick, with the thickness increasing from said medial part to said lateral part of said forefoot portion.