Sole assembly, footwear product, and method of making an footwear product

摘要

A sole assembly for an article of footwear, the sole assembly comprising: an outsole (32) configured to couple to a floor surface and a midsole (30) configured to receive a lower part of a wearer's foot, the outsole ( 32) is divided into a first portion located on a forefoot portion (22) of the sole assembly and a second portion located on a bulge portion (20) of the sole assembly, the first portion attached to the midsole (30) and the second section is detached from the midsole (30), the second section being elastically deflectable by a resilient element which is arranged between the outsole (32) and the midsole (30), and the second section being designed for this purpose to contact the midsole (30) in a compressed state due to an absorbed footwear load and to do so is to form a gap between the second portion and the midsole (30) when the absorbed footwear load is removed.