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US 12,702,192 B2Granted
Shoe with cut in the sole
AssigneeAsics Corporation
InventorsKenta Tateno, Hiroaki Nishimura, Takayuki Kogure, Yoshikazu Mitsuhata, Hiromichi Otake
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Abstract
A shoe includes a sole with a midsole, and an upper portion joined to the sole. The midsole includes a cut having a linear shape, and a depth from a first height position to a second height position in a thickness direction. The cut is configured such that a part of the cut has no contact point with an other part of the cut, and the cut forms a V shape at the deepest part on a cross section when opposite inner walls of the cut are spaced from each other.
Claims17
A shoe, comprising:
- a sole comprising an inner sole, a midsole below the inner sole, and an outsole below the midsole, the outsole being configured to be in contact with the ground, the sole having a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region;
- and
- an upper joined to the sole, wherein
- in the midsole, at least one cut of linear shape is provided which has a depth from a first height position to a second height position in a thickness direction,
- the cut is provided in the heel region on an upper surface in the midsole,
- the cut is configured such that no part of the cut intersects with another part of the cut at the upper surface in the midsole and such that no part of the cut intersects with another cut at the upper surface of the midsole,
- the cut forms a V shape at the second height position as viewed at a cross section when opposite inner walls of the cut are spaced away from each other while a load is applied through the upper, and the opposite inner walls are in contact with each other in a normal state when the load is not applied through the upper, and
- the inner sole covers the cut.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.