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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2006
Ikuko Umezawa, Kobe, JP;
Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Kobe, JP;
Kunio Niwa, Kobe, JP;
Toshihiro Horii, Kobe, JP;
Koichi Fujisawa, Kobe, JP;
Ikuko Umezawa, Kobe, JP;
Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Kobe, JP;
Kunio Niwa, Kobe, JP;
Toshihiro Horii, Kobe, JP;
Koichi Fujisawa, Kobe, JP;
SRI Sports Limited, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A midsole of a shoe has a low elastic part, a high elastic partand an inclined surface. The low elastic partand the high elastic partinclude air bubbles. An ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) is used as a base polymer in the low elastic partand the high elastic part. The inclined surfaceis inclined upward from the inside to the outside. The low elastic partis located to the inside of the inclined surface. The high elastic partis located to the outside of the inclined surface. An inner high elastic partis located to the inside of a low elastic part. The thickness of the low elastic partbecomes gradually larger from the outside to the inside along the inclined surface. The thickness of the high elastic partbecomes gradually larger from the inside to the outside along the inclined surface. The width Wa of the inclined surfacein left and right direction is 5 mm or more and 100 mm or less.