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An athletic shoe with rebound characteristics thereof formed by a first class of hollow core spheres (32, 34, 36) of high resilience mounted in pockets (30A, 30B, 30C) of selected sole regions and a second class of hollow core spheres (38) mounted in exposed heel end pockets for visibility and affor

An athletic shoe with rebound characteristics thereof formed by a first class of hollow core spheres (32, 34, 36) of high resilience mounted in pockets (30A, 30B, 30C) of selected sole regions and a second class of hollow core spheres (38) mounted in exposed heel end pockets for visibility and affording a non-resilient absorption shoe as a whole being very lightweight with the inclusion of such hollow spheres and readily manufacturable therewith.

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An athletic shoe construction comprising means defining a shoe upper, means defining a sole element, secured to the upper, the latter comprising a lightweight elastomeric material with spheres embedded snuggly in spherical conforming pockets at one or more side edge regions of the sole element in wi

An athletic shoe construction comprising means defining a shoe upper, means defining a sole element, secured to the upper, the latter comprising a lightweight elastomeric material with spheres embedded snuggly in spherical conforming pockets at one or more side edge regions of the sole element in window and having sphere portions uncovered by the sole element to be visible from outside, and wherein the spheres protrude from the shoe and are entrapped by resilient collars integral to the sole element, and wherein the spheres are constructed and arranged as a whole to have a deadening effect impact absorption characteristic limited to the sole side edge region of their location.