US 12,471,664 B2
Sole structure and shoe having the same
Yo Kajiwara, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to MIZUNO CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed by MIZUNO CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/614,680.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-055245 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0324719 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/14 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/125 (2013.01) [A43B 13/122 (2013.01); A43B 13/146 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sole structure of a shoe, comprising:
an outsole;
a midsole stacked on an upper side of the outsole; and
a plate that is arranged between the outsole and the midsole and is made of a material having a higher rigidity than the outsole and the midsole,
the plate including:
a plurality of cuts formed to extend from a peripheral edge of the plate in a first direction or a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and
a plurality of movable portions defined by phantom lines running along extending directions of the plurality of cuts, the plurality of movable portions being configured to be movable independently of each other in a thickness direction of the sole structure, wherein
the first direction corresponds to a foot width direction of the sole structure, while the second direction corresponds to a foot length direction of the sole structure,
a front portion of the peripheral edge of the plate is arranged, in the sole structure, at a position configured to correspond to a tiptoe of a wearer's foot in the second direction,
a rear portion of the peripheral edge of the plate is arranged, in the sole structure, at a position configured to correspond to a center of an arch of the wearer's foot in the second direction,
the plurality of cuts include:
a plurality of first cuts extending in the first direction; and
a plurality of second cuts extending in the second direction,
the plurality of first cuts include:
one set of first cuts disposed on a medial side of the plate; and
another set of first cuts disposed on a lateral side of the plate,
the plurality of second cuts include:
at least one second cut disposed at a central portion in the foot width direction in a front portion of the plate; and
at least one second cut disposed at a central portion in the foot width direction in a rear portion of the plate,
the at least one second cut in the front portion of the plate and the at least one second cut in the rear portion of the plate are opposed to each other in the second direction.