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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
May. 02, 2003
Isao Nakano, Hyogo, JP;
Takaya Kimura, Hyogo, JP;
Seiichi Goto, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Miyauchi, Hyogo, JP;
Mizuno Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A sole structure for an athletic shoe includes a heel region and a forefoot region, a midsole of a soft elastic material including a midsole heel portion at the heel region, and an outsole of a harder material including an outsole heel portion at the heel region and an outsole forefoot portion that extends from the outsole heel portion to the forefoot region. The midsole heel portion has wavy corrugations on a lower surface thereof and a smooth plane on an upper surface thereof. The outsole heel portion includes a corrugated wavy plate with corrugations through its thickness, which are in phase with the wavy corrugations on the lower surface of the midsole heel portion.