摘要 |
The present invention relates to a sole stabilizer for integrating in a sole for a shoe, wherein said sole stabilizer extends in at least a subpart of the sole area and wherein said sole stabilizer comprises multiple elongated elements extending in a substantially transverse direction of the shoe. The invention further relates to a shank with an integrated sole stabilizer and a shoe with a sole stabilizer. Thereby, the stiffness of the shoe can be changed in a transverse direction, without changing the flexibility of the shoe in its longitudinal direction. When bending the shoe in the transverse direction also the elongated elements of the sole stabilizer needs to be bent and therefore the sole stabilizer increases the stiffness of the shoe in the transverse direction. In the longitudinal direction the elongated elements will not have to be bent and therefore flexibility in the longitudinal direction is not changed. |