Asics Corporation

Yutaka Nagai

Minoru Tanaka

Yoshio Yamashita

Noriyuki Murai

Yasuhiro Morikawa

Kurumi Kobayashi

An object of the present invention is to enhance durability of the non-slip member of the shoe where a lot of non-slip protuberances are fixed to the surface of a base fabric. The shoe of the present invention comprises an upperthat covers an instep of a foot, a solehaving a ground contact surface and a non-slip memberprovided on an outer surface of the upperand/or the sole. The non-slip membercomprises a base fabriccomposed of a knitted fabric of a multilayer structure, the base fabric including an external knitted fabric layerhaving a first surfaceexposed to the outside and an internal knitted fabric layerhaving a second surfaceon a opposite side of the first surfaceand a plurality of resin or rubber non-slip protuberancesthat are fixed to the base fabricand protrude from the first surfaceof the external knitted fabric layer. A yarn constituting the external knitted fabric layeris thicker than a yarn constituting the internal knitted fabric layer

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Kobe, Japan

Yutaka Nagai