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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takeshi Oorei, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihide Shibahara, Osaka, JP;
Mitsuhiro Kawano, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuo Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhiko Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Mizumo Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 5/06 ; A43B 7/20 ; A43C 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 5/06 ; A43B 7/20 ; A43C 1/100 ;
Abstract
An athletic shoe includes a sole, an upper, a plurality of band-shaped members, and a fastening member. The upper has a toe portion, a heel portion, a forefoot portion and a lower periphery. The upper is secured to the sole and has a plurality of elongated through holes at regions except the toe portion and the heel portion. The band-shaped members are secured to the sole or the lower periphery of the upper and extend upwardly toward an instep of a foot of a shoe wearer. The fastening member is connected to each upper end of the band-shaped members.