US 12,274,326 B2
Shoe
Kenta Tateno, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to ASICS CORPORATION, Hyogo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/265,622
Filed by ASICS CORPORATION, Hyogo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/045434
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 6, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/123620, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0023676 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. A43B 23/26 (2006.01); A43B 7/14 (2022.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 23/26 (2013.01) [A43B 7/14 (2013.01); A43B 23/0235 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shoe comprising:
an upper body provided with
a top opening into which a foot of a wearer is inserted, and
a central opening extending from the top opening toward a front side in a front-rear direction corresponding to a foot length direction of the foot of the wearer;
a shoe tongue disposed inside the upper body to cover the central opening from inside the upper body; and
a shoelace for tightening a portion of the upper body in a left-right direction corresponding to a foot width direction of the foot of the wearer, the portion of the upper body defining the central opening, wherein
the upper body includes a first wall portion and a second wall portion as a pair of side wall portions facing each other in the left-right direction,
the top opening and the central opening are defined by a top end portion of the first wall portion and a top end portion of the second wall portion,
the shoe tongue includes
a cover portion that covers the central opening, and
a first extending portion extending from an end portion of the cover portion on a side close to the first wall portion toward a bottom end portion of the first wall portion along an inner surface of the first wall portion, the first extending portion having a lower end,
the first extending portion is made of a material higher in stretchability than a material forming the first wall portion,
a portion defining the central opening in the top end portion of the first wall portion is provided with at least one upper body-side first shoelace passing-through portion through which the shoelace is inserted from a side of the second wall portion and folded back,
the shoe tongue is provided with at least one shoe tongue-side first shoelace passing-through portion through which the shoelace is inserted from a side of the second wall portion and folded back,
the shoe tongue includes a first reinforcing portion provided at least in the first extending portion to reinforce the first extending portion,
the first reinforcing portion is made of a material higher in stretchability than a material forming the first wall portion and higher in rigidity than a material forming the first extending portion, and
the first reinforcing portion is provided in the shoe tongue to extend from a portion of the first extending portion that is fixed to the upper body to a portion provided with the shoe tongue-side first shoelace passing-through portion.