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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
May. 17, 2022
Applicant:
Asics Corporation, Kobe, JP;
Inventors:
Kenta Tateno, Kobe, JP;
Kenji Hirata, Kobe, JP;
Hiroaki Nishimura, Kobe, JP;
Takayuki Kogure, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
ASICS CORPORATION, Kobe, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 13/125 (2013.01); A43B 13/127 (2013.01); A43B 13/186 (2013.01);
Abstract
A plate is used for a sole that forms a part of a shoe. The plate includes a mid- and rear-foot support portion in a shape extending from a position superimposed on a rear end portion of a metatarsal bone of a wearer of the shoe in a thickness direction of the sole to a position superimposed on a heel bone of the wearer, the mid- and rear-foot support portion supporting a midfoot portion and a rear foot portion of the wearer. The mid- and rear-foot support portion is in a shape convex upward in a cross-section in a foot width direction.