Asics Corporation

Kei Kanematsu

Genki Hatano

Yuya Kozuka

Shigeyuki Mitsui

Shingo Takashima

Seigo Nakaya

Sho Takamasu

Keita Ozawa

Shinsaku Wakasugi

Naoto Iwashita

Shin Watanabe

Kimie Tanaka

A shoe includes a midsole and an upper joined to the midsole. A joint position between the midsole and a base end part of the upper is located inside in a width direction with respect to an outer circumferential edge of a top surface of the midsole. The shoe in another aspect includes the midsole, a first upper joined to the midsole, and a second upper disposed on the outside in a width direction of the first upper. A first joint position between the midsole and the base end part of the first upper is located on the inside in a width direction of a second joint position between the midsole and a base end part of the second upper, and an upper edge of the second upper is joined to the first upper.

Shoe

A footwear includes: a sole; an upper located above the sole to accommodate a foot; a loop engagement portion located on at least one of a medial face or a lateral face of the footwear, fixed to one of the sole, the upper, or an interface between the sole and the upper, and including a plurality of loops, and extending from a lower side toward an upper side; a loop tightening part including a single loop passing through the plurality of loops of the loop engagement portion; a fixing portion disposed in the loop tightening part; and a fixed portion which is disposed on the upper or the sole and to which the fixing portion is fixed. In a state where the loop engagement portion is pulled by the loop tightening part, the fixing portion is fixable to the fixed portion.

Footwear

A last includes a base part including a bottom and a plurality of additional parts, each of which is formed in a plate shape and is capable of being assembled to the base part. The base part includes a mounting unit and a first forming surface. The plurality of additional parts include a second forming surface. Each additional part has an end face. The second forming surface includes the end face of each of the plurality of additional parts. The base part includes a first base member including a mounting unit and a second base member attachable to and detachable from the first base member.

Last

According to a last, in a forming surface for forming a shoe upper, at least a portion of a specific region corresponding to an upper end portion of a to-be-formed portion of the shoe upper is defined by a plurality of plate-shaped parts included in a plurality of last forming parts. By arranging the plate-shaped parts to be spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of an upper end portion of the shoe upper, a portion of the specific region that is defined by the plate-shaped parts is defined by an end surface of each of the plate-shaped parts. A recessed portion as a mark used for alignment with the last during overlaying of the shoe upper is in the portion of the specific region that is defined by the plate-shaped parts.

Last and shoe upper forming tool

A last includes a first part having a first plate-shaped portion and a second part having a second part-side receiving portion having a cutout shape. When the first plate-shaped portion is received in the second part-side receiving portion, the first part and the second part are assembled. The second part includes a second part-side engaging portion having a protruding shape on an inner side surface in a portion defining the second part-side receiving portion, and the first plate-shaped portion has a main surface with a first part-side to-be-engaged portion having a through hole shape or a recessed shape. When the first plate-shaped portion is inserted into the second part-side receiving portion, the first plate-shaped portion is fitted into the second part-side receiving portion, and the first part-side to-be-engaged portion is engaged by the second part-side engaging portion.

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Kei Kanematsu