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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2009
Takaya Kimura, Kobe, JP;
Takaya Kimura, Kobe, JP;
Mizuno Corporation, Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A sole structurefor a shoe comprises an upper platehaving a heel region and disposed on the upper side of the structure, a first C-shaped portionand a second C-shaped portioneach having a longitudinally flat, generally C-shape with an upwardly opening portionA,A, disposed alongside in the longitudinal direction under the upper plate, and each opening end of the upwardly opening portionsA,A directly fixed to the upper plate, and a connecting portioninterposed between and connecting the first and second C-shaped portions. The C-shaped portionsare formed of downwardly convexly curved surfacesand diagonally upwardly convexly curved surfaces, respectively, which extend diagonally upwardly from the downwardly convexly curved surfacestoward the upper plate