Arch bridge for athletic shoe

摘要

A shoe including a plate capable of being deflected in a direction substantially perpendicular to the major longitudinal axis of the shoe and an arch bridge integral with the plate. The arch bridge has a lower surface that is at least in part visible from outside the shoe and has a portion that is approximately planar with the lower surface of the plate for at least a substantial portion of the full extension of the arch bridge as measured along an axis that is parallel with the major longitudinal axis of the shoe.