Shoe including correction member attached to upper
AssigneeAsics Corporation
InventorsSho Takamasu, Kana Arimoto, Satoru Abe, Azumi Taoka
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Abstract
A shoe includes a sole provided with a ground contact surface, an upper provided with an opening into which a foot of a wearer is inserted, the upper being attached to the sole and covering the foot of the wearer, and a correction member including an inner arm fixed to a medial foot side of the opening of the upper, an outer arm fixed to a lateral foot side of the opening of the upper, and a connection portion connecting the inner arm and the outer arm, the correction member being attached to the upper away from the sole in such a manner that the connection portion is disposed on a rear side of the opening.
Claims4
A shoe comprising:
- a sole provided with a ground contact surface;
- an upper provided with an opening into which a foot of a wearer is inserted, the upper being attached to the sole and covering the foot of the wearer;
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- a correction member including an inner arm fixed to a medial foot side of the opening of the upper, an outer arm fixed to a lateral foot side of the opening of the upper, and a connection portion connecting the inner arm and the outer arm, the correction member being attached to the upper away from the sole in such a manner that the connection portion is disposed on a rear side of the opening,
- wherein the outer arm extends below a portion of the upper corresponding to a lateral malleolus of the wearer, and
- the inner arm passes below a portion of the upper corresponding to a medial malleolus of the wearer and further extends forward and upward so that an end of the inner arm is fixed to the upper at a forward and upward position, the forward and upward position being 3 mm or more forward and upward than an end of the outer arm, and a length of the inner arm is longer than the outer arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.