Patent attributes
A shoe including an insertable midsole orthotic located within a structure formed by a combination of a bottom sole and a portion of a shoe upper attached to the bottom sole. Both the inner and outer surfaces of the sole include rounded portions which together define a rounded portion of the shoe sole located between the rounded surfaces, and at least a rounded part of each rounded portion of the sole has a uniform thickness extending at least from a lowest point of the sole to at least a sidemost extent of the side of the sole, all as viewed in a frontal plane cross-section when the shoe sole is upright and in an unloaded condition. The shoe sole can also include at least one compartment containing a liquid, gas, or gel, or include at least two computer controlled compartments and a duct providing fluid communication between them.