Asics Corporation

Mitsuo Nasako

Shigeyuki Mitsui

Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki

Junichiro Tateishi

Kenichi Harano

Keisuke Yamada

There is provided a molded foam article including a foam obtained by foaming a formation material wherein the formation material contains a resin component, an Asker C hardness of the foam is 10 degrees or more, and a ratio E40/E0 of the foam is 0.5 or more, the ratio E40/E0 being a ratio of an elastic coefficient E40 at a strain of 40% in relation to an elastic coefficient E0 at a strain of 0% of the foam. The molded foam article has appropriate softness with a small change in hardness under compressive deformation.

Molded foam article, foamed sole, and shoe

A shock absorbing section ( ) of a shoe sole ( ) is provided with a shearing transformation element ( ). This shearing transformation element ( A) is supported at an upper position dislocated forward (F) with respect to a grounding surface ( ) so that it performs a shearing transformation independently due to a load (W) applied from above.

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Kobe, Japan

Mitsuo Nasako