US 2025/0359625 A1Published application

Sole and footwear having the sole

AssigneeTop Glory Trading Group Inc.

InventorsHanfei He, Changsheng Cao, Yang Lin, Yingying Wu

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Abstract

A sole includes a support sheet and a sole body divided into a rearfoot portion, a forefoot portion and an arch portion. A hardness of the support sheet is higher than that of the sole body. The support sheet comprises a main body and an extension portion, a thickness of the main body is greater than that of the extension portion, a side of the main body is flush with a side of the extension portion. The sole body comprises an upper surface, a lower surface, and a through hole penetrating the upper and the lower surfaces. The through hole in the arch portion receives the main body, the side of the main body faces away from the lower surface. A recess is recessed from the upper surface at least corresponding to the arch portion towards the lower surface, the recess communicating with the through hole receives the extension portion.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A sole comprising:

a sole body divided into a rearfoot portion, a forefoot portion, and an arch portion connecting the rearfoot portion and the forefoot portion;
and
a support sheet fixed to the sole body;
wherein a hardness of the support sheet is higher than a hardness of the sole body, the support sheet comprises a main body and an extension portion extending from the main body, a thickness of the main body is greater than a thickness of the extension portion, a side of the main body is flush with a side of the extension portion, the sole body comprises an upper surface, a lower surface facing away from the upper surface, and a through hole penetrating the upper surface and the lower surface, the through hole is located in the arch portion and the main body is received in the through hole, the side of the main body flush with the extension portion faces away from the lower surface, a recess is recessed from the upper surface at least corresponding to the arch portion towards the lower surface, the recess is in communication with the through hole, and the extension portion is received in the recess.

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A footwear comprising:

an upper;
and
a sole connected to the upper, the sole comprising:
a sole body divided into a rearfoot portion, a forefoot portion, and an arch portion connecting the rearfoot portion and the forefoot portion;
and
a support sheet fixed to the sole body;
wherein a hardness of the support sheet is higher than a hardness of the sole body, the support sheet comprises a main body and an extension portion extending from the main body, a thickness of the main body is greater than a thickness of the extension portion, a side of the main body is flush with a side of the extension portion, the sole body comprises an upper surface, a lower surface facing away from the upper surface, and a through hole penetrating the upper surface and the lower surface, the through hole is located in the arch portion and the main body is received in the through hole, the side of the main body flush with the extension portion faces away from the lower surface, a recess is recessed from the upper surface at least corresponding to the arch portion towards the lower surface, the recess is in communication with the through hole, and the extension portion is received in the recess.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 19/289,456Filed 4 Aug 2025
Priority: CN 202521470636.214 Jul 2025
Published: 27 Nov 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

A43B 13/181
Resilient soles: resiliency achieved by the structure of the sole
A43B 7/142
Characterised by the location under the foot: situated under the medial arch, i.e. under the navicular or cuneiform bones
A43B 7/1485
Characterised by the type of support: recesses or holes, traversing partially or completely the thickness of the pad
A43B 13/026
Characterised by the material: composites, e.g. carbon fibre or aramid fibre; the sole, one or more sole layers or sole part being made of a composite