Shoe sole
AssigneeAsics Corporation
InventorsYoshinori Fujita, Syuhei Takemura, Seiya Hayashi
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Abstract
An outsole includes: a plate-like base; a plurality of first cleats protruding in the downward direction from the base to form the tread surface, wherein the plurality of first cleats are arranged in the longitudinal direction and in the transverse direction; and a concave surface recessed in the downward direction on the upper surface of each of the first cleats, wherein: the lower surface of the midsole includes a convex surface formed by a surface of a convex portion protruding in the downward direction from a base of the midsole; the concave surface and the convex surface are in contact with, and attached to, each other; and a distance from the tread surface in each of the first cleats to a top of the convex surface is greater than a thickness of the base.
Claims13
A shoe sole comprising:
- an outsole made of a rubber having a tread surface and an upper surface;
- and
- a mid sole having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the lower surface of the mid sole is attached to the upper surface of the outsole, and wherein the mid sole comprises a foam body which includes a thermoplastic resin component, wherein:
- the outsole includes:
- a base;
- a plurality of first cleats protruding in a downward direction from the base to form the tread surface, wherein the plurality of first cleats is arranged in a longitudinal direction and in a transverse direction;
- and
- a concave surface recessed in the downward direction on the upper surface of each of the first cleats;
- the lower surface of the mid sole includes a convex surface formed by a surface of a convex portion protruding in the downward direction from a base of the mid sole;
- the concave surface and the convex surface are in contact with, and attached to, each other;
- a distance from the tread surface to a top of the convex surface in each of the first cleats is greater than a thickness of the base of the outsole;
- a single through hole is defined in a part of the outsole, said part surrounded by at least three first cleats of the first cleats of the outsole;
- the mid sole has another first cleat protruding in the downward direction through the single through hole in the part of the outsole;
- the another first cleat of the mid sole has a single uniform ground contacting surface;
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- the another first cleat of the mid sole is adjacent to and surrounded by the at least three first cleats of the outsole.
A shoe sole comprising:
- an outsole made of a rubber having a tread surface and an upper surface;
- and
- a mid sole having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the lower surface is attached to the upper surface of the outsole, and a main component of the mid sole is a foam body having a thermoplastic resin component, wherein:
- the outsole including:
- a base;
- a plurality of first cleats protruding in a downward direction from the base to form the tread surface, wherein the plurality of first cleats are arranged in a longitudinal direction and in a transverse direction;
- and
- a concave surface recessed in the downward direction on the upper surface of each of the first cleats;
- the lower surface of the mid sole includes a convex surface formed by a surface of a convex portion protruding in the downward direction from a base of the mid sole;
- the concave surface and the convex surface are in contact with, and attached to, each other;
- a distance from the tread surface to a top of the convex surface in each of the first cleats is greater than a thickness of the base of the outsole;
- the first cleats are arranged intermittently along a medial edge or a lateral edge of the shoe sole, with a side surface of the convex portion being exposed on the medial edge or the lateral edge;
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- an interface between the upper surface of the outsole and the lower surface of the mid sole appears as a wave-shaped continuous curve along the medial edge or the lateral edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.