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Abstract

An outsole having a body member with an inner-structure including arcuately shaped channel members extending substantially from the medial to lateral sides thereof. The arcuately shaped channel members are spaced forwardly, rearwardly, and generally below the metatarsophalangeal joints of a wearer's foot inserted in footwear constructed from the outsole. The lower surface of the outsole has structure which provides formed areas of flexion to accommodate changes of anatomical position of the metatarsal joint axis of the wearer's foot during normal growth thereof and to permit the outsole to readily flex at areas which correspond to areas of the wearer's foot which normally flex as the foot passes through normal phases of gait, to thereby enhance the wearer's

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