US 9,955,752 B2 · Sole structure for a baseball spiked shoe

Abstract

A simplified sole structure for a baseball spiked shoe can improve cushioning properties of a heel region of the sole structure and can enhance comfort when wearing the shoe. The baseball spiked shoe includes a first midsole of a soft elastic member that is disposed at a heel central portion of the shoe, a second midsole of a soft elastic member that is disposed around and outwardly e.g. horizontally away from the first midsole via a circumferential groove therebetween and that is integrated with or unitary as one unit with the first midsole, and an outsole plate of a hard elastic member that is disposed on lower surfaces of the first and second midsoles, that has a plurality of spikes fitted thereon, and that has a hardness greater than a respective hardness of each of the first and second midsoles.

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Dependent claims

A sole structure for a baseball spiked shoe comprising:

a first midsole disposed at a heel central portion of a heel portion of said sole structure;
a second midsole that is disposed at least at said heel portion around and horizontally away from said first midsole via a circumferential groove provided therebetween, and that is integrally formed with or unitary as one unit with said first midsole;
an outsole plate that is disposed under and covers a lower surface of said first midsole and a lower surface of said second midsole, and that has a hardness greater than a hardness of said first midsole and greater than a hardness of said second midsole;
and
a plurality of spikes that are fixed to said outsole plate, and that protrude downwardly from a bottom surface of said outsole plate;
wherein said lower surface of said first midsole is flush with said lower surface of said second midsole;
and
wherein said spikes are disposed horizontally away from said first midsole.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Sole structure for a baseball spiked shoe

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Sole structure for a baseball spiked shoe

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