| 摘要 |
An athletic shoe with an articulating heel which incorporates a plurality of linkage mechanisms (6, 24) that control heel dynamics. The linkage mechanisms couple a lower heel plate (4) to a spaced apart upper heel plate (2). A resilient element (14) is located between the upper heel plate and lower heel plate to dampen impact forces and resiliently maintain spacing between the upper and lower heel plate to dampen impact forces and resiliently maintain spacing between the upper and lower heel plates. The linkage mechanisms may be suitably configured alloy bars (6) coupled to the upper and lower plates that constrain the upper and lower plates against motion along a heel transverse axis. Other embodiments of the linkage mechanisms include unitarily constructed panels having flexure joints.
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