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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2007
Kazushi Hide, Tokyo, JP;
Tomonori Sekine, Tokyo, JP;
Tomokazu Kai, Tokyo, JP;
Yonex Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to provide an athletic shoe that does not get caught even when a strong effort to hold on is made when sliding sideways, and that allows for light footwork, the present invention provides an athletic shoe that has an undersurface of a midsolethat is formed with a raised portion, along a circumferential side edge thereof affixed with an outersolethat forms an outsole, and an extending portionthat extends up to a circumferential side surface of the midsole is formed at a perimeter edge of the outersole, wherein: at a portion along a little toe of the circumferential side surfaceof the midsole, a bulged portionhaving a thickness equal to or more than a thickness substantially corresponding to a thickness of the raised portionof the midsole in a shoe width direction is integrally formed so as to protrude outward, and the extending portionis formed extending from the perimeter edge of the outersoletoward a protruding surface of the bulged portionand the extending portionis formed in a large arcuate curve and is made to go round the protruding surface of the bulged portion.