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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2003
Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Kobe, JP;
Seigou Sakagami, Kobe, JP;
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A shoe body for a left foot which includes an outsole body, double-side-slip-preventing projections and additional projections formed on a bottom surface of the outsole body, the outsole body, the double-side-slip-preventing projections and the additional projections being formed integrally and having a composition containing rubber or synthetic resin as a principal component. Each of the double-side-slip-preventing projections includes a bottom surface to be a grounding surface, a tiptoe side slip prevention wall, and a heel side slip prevention wall. The tiptoe side slip prevention wall is formed substantially along a line to be convex in a tiptoe direction and the heel side slip prevention wall is formed substantially along a line to be convex in a heel direction. A space provided between two double-side-slip-preventing projections opposed to each other by interposing a portion in which the line to be convex in the tiptoe direction and the line to be convex in the heel direction come in contact with each other, is set to be 2 mm or more.