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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2022
Applicant:
Mizuno Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Yo Kajiwara, Osaka, JP;
Yohei Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
MIZUNO CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 13/40 (2006.01); A43B 3/26 (2006.01); A43B 7/1425 (2022.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01); A43B 13/37 (2006.01); A43B 13/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 13/125 (2013.01); A43B 3/26 (2013.01); A43B 7/1425 (2013.01); A43B 13/181 (2013.01); A43B 13/37 (2013.01); A43B 13/386 (2013.01); A43B 13/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sole for a shoe includes a sole body extending longitudinally from a heel portion to a toe portion and a curved plate provided at the sole body and extending longitudinally along the sole body. A compressive rigidity of the sole body is lowest at a metatarsophalangeal joint position. The sole body includes a sole forefoot top part disposed above the curved plate at the forefoot portion and a sole forefoot bottom part disposed below the curved plate at the forefoot portion. The compressive rigidity of the sole body is relatively low at the sole forefoot bottom part.