US 12,290,146 B2
Sole of shoe and shoe
Sho Takamasu, Hyogo (JP); Seiji Yano, Hyogo (JP); and Hiroki Nakamura, Hyogo (JP)
Assigned to ASICS CORPORATION, Kobe (JP)
Filed by ASICS CORPORATION, Kobe (JP)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/305,783.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-074392 (JP), filed on Apr. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0346070 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A43B 7/142 (2022.01); A43B 7/1445 (2022.01); A43B 7/149 (2022.01); A43B 7/24 (2006.01); A43B 5/00 (2022.01); A43B 5/06 (2022.01)
CPC A43B 7/142 (2013.01) [A43B 7/1445 (2013.01); A43B 7/149 (2013.01); A43B 7/24 (2013.01); A43B 5/002 (2013.01); A43B 5/06 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sole of a shoe comprising: a forefoot support portion configured to support a forefoot of a foot of a wearer; a midfoot support portion configured to support a midfoot of the foot of the wearer; and a rearfoot support portion configured to support a rearfoot of the foot of the wearer, the forefoot support portion, the midfoot support portion, and the rearfoot support portion being connected in order from a front side toward a rear side, and
a midsole disposed over the forefoot support portion, the midfoot support portion, and the rearfoot support portion, wherein
a ground contact portion having a portion positioned on a lowermost line connecting a lowermost point of the forefoot support portion and a lowermost point of the rearfoot support portion in a side view is formed in a medial-foot-side region of a bottom surface of the midfoot support portion,
the midsole has a first midsole portion disposed over the forefoot support portion, the midfoot support portion, and the rearfoot support portion, and a second midsole portion disposed at least in a medial-foot-side region of the midfoot support portion, disposed below the first midsole portion and above the ground contact portion,
the second midsole portion includes a protrusion protruding toward a medial foot side, the protrusion being formed on a medial-foot-side side surface of the second midsole portion, and
a hardness of the protrusion is lower than a hardness of the first midsole portion.