Asics Corporation

Yasunori Sugiyama

Masafumi Ito

Satoru Nakata

A sports shoe, provided with a heel counter comprising a heel side wall part having a curved shape, a folded wall part integrally formed along the edge of the heel side wall part as projected inside the curve, and a stationary plate part integrally formed on the side of the heel side wall part opposite to the edge, the heel side lateral wall having one of the lateral wall parts thereof formed as extended farther forward than the other lateral wall part of the heel side wall part on the arch side of foot and the folded wall part being nipped between the upper of the sports shoe and the sole thereof.

Sports shoe

Cushioning piece for a shoe sole

This invention relates to a midsole for sports shoes, which comprises a hard elastic member and a soft elastic member which has a lower hardness than that of said hard elastic member, one surface of said hard elastic member being joined to one surface of said soft elastic member which is opposite to said one surface of said hard elastic member, said one surface of said hard elastic member having a wavy configuration at the outer area of the heel portion thereof with respect to a longitudinal direction of said midsole said one surface of said soft member having a complementary configuration to said one surface of said hard elastic member at the outer area of the heel portion thereof.

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Kobe, Japan

Yasunori Sugiyama