초록

A pair of thin-walled hollow partially liquid-filled cushions are enclosed in cavities formed in the sole of a shoe. The first cushion is positioned to coincide with the plantar pads on the lower sides of the wearer\s metatarsals; the second to coincide with the tuberosity of the wearer\s calcaneum.

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A shoe, comprising: a sole; a first cavity in said sole, said first cavity being elongated in plan, having its central major axis coincident with the imaginary straight line extending between the centers of the plantar pads on the wearer\s first and fifth metatarsals, and having walls, a roof and a

A shoe, comprising: a sole; a first cavity in said sole, said first cavity being elongated in plan, having its central major axis coincident with the imaginary straight line extending between the centers of the plantar pads on the wearer\s first and fifth metatarsals, and having walls, a roof and a floor; a second cavity in said sole, said second cavity being positioned in registery with the tuberosity of the wearer\s calcaneum, and having walls, a roof and a floor; and a sealed bladder confined within each of said cavities, comprising a thin, flexible, resilient non-porous shell having walls, a top and a bottom closely conforming to the walls, roof and floor of said cavity, said bladder containing a liquid under pressure whereby the walls, top and bottom of said shell are maintained in continuous intimate force-transmitting contact with the walls, roof and floor of said cavity.