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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2021
Asics Corporation, Kobe, JP;
Masanori Sakamoto, Kobe, JP;
Yutaro Iwasa, Kobe, JP;
Genki Hatano, Kobe, JP;
Koji Shimomura, Kobe, JP;
ASICS CORPORATION, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A shoe sole at least partially comprises a shock absorber, and the shock absorber that includes a shock absorbing portion and a cover portion that has a tread on a side opposite to the shock absorbing portion. The shock absorbing portion is provided with a plurality of pass-through portions passing through the shock absorbing portion as viewed in a direction of a normal to the tread, and the cover portion covers at least one of the plurality of pass-through portions. The cover portion is provided with a communication path having one end open to the pass-through portion and the other end open at the tread, and a condition of R<L is satisfied, where R represents a diameter of a largest virtual incircle of a contour line of an opening of the communication path located closer to the tread, and L represents a length of the communication path.