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Granted Patent B2
US 12,285,073 · App. 18/379,455 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Footwear

Inventors: Yuka Matsuhisa (Kobe, JP); Seiji Yano (Kobe, JP); Kenji Hirata (Kobe, JP); Genki Hatano (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
A43B13/181A43B13/28
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Patent No.
US 12,285,073
App. No.
18/379,455
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Footwear includes a shell including an outsole portion; and a sole body including a footbed portion. The footbed portion includes a shock absorbing portion formed of a three-dimensional mesh structure body so as to extend to a peripheral surface of the footbed portion. An engaged portion is disposed in an inner side surface of the outsole portion, and an engaging portion is disposed in a portion of the shock absorbing portion that corresponds to the peripheral surface. One of the engaged portion and the engaging portion is a protruding portion while the other one of the engaged portion and the engaging portion is a cutout portion provided as a recessed portion or a hole portion. An occupied volume ratio of a region including at least a portion defining the engaging portion in the shock absorbing portion is locally increased.

Claims (53)

1. Footwear comprising:

a shell including an outsole portion with a ground contact surface and a foot cover portion configured to cover an instep of a foot of a wearer, and

a sole body detachably attached to the shell, the sole body including a footbed portion configured to support a foot sole of the foot of the wearer in an attached state in which the sole body is attached to the shell,

the outsole portion includes

an inner side surface covering a peripheral surface of the footbed portion in the attached state, and

an inner side bottom surface covering a bottom surface of the footbed portion in the attached state,

the footbed portion includes a shock absorbing portion formed of a single member made of an elastic body so as to extend to the peripheral surface of the footbed portion,

the shock absorbing portion is a three-dimensional mesh structure body,

an engaged portion disposed in the inner side surface of the outsole portion, and an engaging portion configured to engage the engaged portion, the engaging portion disposed in a portion of the shock absorbing portion that corresponds to the peripheral surface of the footbed portion,

one of the engaged portion and the engaging portion being a protruding portion protruding in a direction substantially parallel to the ground contact surface,

an other one of the engaged portion and the engaging portion is a cutout portion, the cutout portion being

a recessed portion recessed in a direction substantially parallel to the ground contact surface, or

a hole portion penetrating in a direction substantially parallel to the ground contact surface, and

the attached state is maintained by engaging the protruding portion with the cutout portion such that the protruding portion is sandwiched by the cutout portion in a direction intersecting the ground contact surface, and an occupied volume ratio of a region including at least a portion defining the engaging portion in the shock absorbing portion is locally increased.

2. The footwear according to claim 1 , wherein

the engaged portion extends in a peripheral direction of the inner side surface of the outsole portion, and

the engaging portion extends in a peripheral direction of the peripheral surface of the footbed portion.

3. The footwear according to claim 1 , wherein, in the attached state, the engaging portion engages with the engaged portion such that the engaging portion is compressed by the engaged portion.

4. The footwear according to claim 1 , wherein

the shock absorbing portion extends to the peripheral surface of the footbed portion and to atop surface of the footbed portion, and

the region of the shock absorbing portion in which the occupied volume ratio is locally increased extends to a boundary portion between the peripheral surface of the footbed portion and the top surface of the footbed portion.

5. The footwear according to claim 1 , wherein

the shock absorbing portion extends to the peripheral surface of the footbed portion and to the bottom surface of the footbed portion,

a through hole is disposed in the outsole portion so as to extend to a portion defining the ground contact surface of the outsole portion and a portion defining the inner side bottom surface of the outsole portion, and

in the attached state, the through hole faces a portion of the shock absorbing portion that corresponds to the bottom surface of the footbed portion.

6. The footwear according to claim 1 , wherein

the engaged portion is disposed in each of a front side portion and a rear side portion of the outsole portion, the front side portion and the rear side portion of the outsole portion being located on a front side and a rear side, respectively, in a foot length direction of the foot of the wearer,

the engaging portion is disposed in each of a front side portion and a rear side portion of the footbed portion, the front side portion and the rear side portion of the footbed portion being located on the front side and the rear side, respectively, in the foot length direction, and

the attached state is maintained by engaging the engaging portion with the engaged portion in each of a front side portion and a rear side portion of the footwear, the front side portion and the rear side portion of the footwear being located on the front side and the rear side, respectively, in the foot length direction.

7. The footwear according to claim 6 , wherein

the engaged portion is disposed in each of a medial foot-side portion and a lateral foot-side portion of the outsole portion,

the engaging portion is disposed in each of a medial foot-side portion and a lateral foot-side portion of the footbed portion, and

the attached state is maintained by engaging the engaging portion with the engaged portion in each of a medial foot-side portion and a lateral foot-side portion of the footwear.

8. The footwear according to claim 7 , wherein

the engaged portion disposed in each of the front side portion and the rear side portion of the outsole portion is the protruding portion,

the engaging portion disposed in each of the front side portion and the rear side portion of the footbed portion is the recessed portion,

the engaged portion disposed in each of the medial foot-side portion and the lateral foot-side portion of the outsole portion is the hole portion, and

the engaging portion disposed in each of the medial foot-side portion and the lateral foot-side portion of the footbed portion is the protruding portion.

9. The footwear according to claim 8 , wherein

the engaged portion extends in a peripheral direction of the inner side surface of the outsole portion, and

the engaging portion extends in a peripheral direction of the peripheral surface of the footbed portion.

10. The footwear according to claim 9 , wherein, in the attached state, the engaging portion engages with the engaged portion such that the engaging portion is compressed by the engaged portion.

11. The footwear according to claim 8 , wherein, in the attached state, the engaging portion engages with the engaged portion such that the engaging portion is compressed by the engaged portion.

12. The footwear according to claim 7 , wherein

the engaged portion extends in a peripheral direction of the inner side surface of the outsole portion, and

the engaging portion extends in a peripheral direction of the peripheral surface of the footbed portion.

13. The footwear according to claim 12 , wherein, in the attached state, the engaging portion engages with the engaged portion such that the engaging portion is compressed by the engaged portion.

14. The footwear according to claim 7 , wherein, in the attached state, the engaging portion engages with the engaged portion such that the engaging portion is compressed by the engaged portion.

15. The footwear according to claim 6 , wherein

the engaged portion extends in a peripheral direction of the inner side surface of the outsole portion, and

the engaging portion extends in a peripheral direction of the peripheral surface of the footbed portion.

16. The footwear according to claim 15 , wherein, in the attached state, the engaging portion engages with the engaged portion such that the engaging portion is compressed by the engaged portion.

17. The footwear according to claim 6 , wherein, in the attached state, the engaging portion engages with the engaged portion such that the engaging portion is compressed by the engaged portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2023
From: MATSUHISA, YUKA; YANO, SEIJI; HIRATA, KENJI; HATANO, GENKI
To: ASICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065208/0072 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-165738 · Oct 14, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240122295A1 · Apr 18, 2024
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