Abstract 1. A FOOTWEAR CONSTRUCTION INCLUDING AN UPPER COMPONENT AND A SOLE COMPONENT WHEREIN AT LEAST ONE OF SAID COMPONENTS COMPRISES UNVULCANIZED-BLOCK COPOLYMER HAVING THE STRUCTURE A-B-A OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYMERS OF A MONOVINYL ARENE AND OF A CONJUGATED DIENE, AND HYDROGENATED DERIVATIVES OF SAID POLYMERS WHEREIN THE ORIGINAL UNSATURATION HAS BEEN REDUCED AT LEAST 50 PERCENT BY HYDROGENATION, THE MONOVINYL ARENE BLOCKS A HAVING AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT BETWEEN ABOUT 9,000 AND ABOUT 30,000 AND THE COJUGATED DIENE BLOCKS B HAVING AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT BETWEEN ABOUT 40,000 (35,000) AND ABOUT 80,000 (130,000) THE WEIGHT RATIO OF MONOVINYL ARENE POLYMER BLOCKS TO CONJUGATED DIENE POLYMER BLOCKS BEING BETWEEN ABOUT 25:75 AND ABOUT (60:40) 40:60.
A FOOTWEAR CONSTRUCTION INCLUDING AN UPPER COMPONENT AND A SOLE COMPONENT WHEREIN AT LEAST ONE OF SAID COMPONENTS COMPRISES UNVULCANIZED-BLOCK COPOLYMER HAVING THE STRUCTURE A-B-A OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYMERS OF A MONOVINYL ARENE AND OF A CONJUGATED DIENE, AND HYDROGENATED DERIVATIVES OF SAID POLYMERS WHEREIN THE ORIGINAL UNSATURATION HAS BEEN REDUCED AT LEAST 50 PERCENT BY HYDROGENATION, THE MONOVINYL ARENE BLOCKS A HAVING AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT BETWEEN ABOUT 9,000 AND ABOUT 30,000 AND THE COJUGATED DIENE BLOCKS B HAVING AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT BETWEEN ABOUT 40,000 (35,000) AND ABOUT 80,000 (130,000) THE WEIGHT RATIO OF MONOVINYL ARENE POLYMER BLOCKS TO CONJUGATED DIENE POLYMER BLOCKS BEING BETWEEN ABOUT 25:75 AND ABOUT (60:40) 40:60.
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A FOOTWEAR CONSTRUCTION INCLUDING AN UPPER COMPONENT AND A SOLE COMPONENT WHEREIN AT LEAST ONE OF SAID COMPONENTS COMPRISES UNVULCANIZED-BLOCK COPOLYMER HAVING THE STRUCTURE A-B-A OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYMERS OF A MONOVINYL ARENE AND OF A CONJUGATED DIENE, AND HYDROGENATED DERIVATIVES OF SAID POLYMERS WHEREIN THE ORIGINAL UNSATURATION HAS BEEN REDUCED AT LEAST 50 PERCENT BY HYDROGENATION, THE MONOVINYL ARENE BLOCKS A HAVING AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT BETWEEN ABOUT 9,000 AND ABOUT 30,000 AND THE COJUGATED DIENE BLOCKS B HAVING AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT BETWEEN ABOUT 40,000 (35,000) AND ABOUT 80,000 (130,000) THE WEIGHT RATIO OF MONOVINYL ARENE POLYMER BLOCKS TO CONJUGATED DIENE POLYMER BLOCKS BEING BETWEEN ABOUT 25:75 AND ABOUT (60:40) 40:60.