IP Library Granted Patent US 7,712,231
Granted Patent B2
US 7,712,231 · App. 11/505,338 · Granted May 11, 2010

Shoe

Assignee: SRI Sports Limited
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Patent No.
US 7,712,231
App. No.
11/505,338
Granted
May 11, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A midsole of a shoe has a low elastic part 20 , a high elastic part 22 and an inclined surface 24 . The low elastic part 20 and the high elastic part 22 include air bubbles. An ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) is used as a base polymer in the low elastic part 20 and the high elastic part 22 . The inclined surface 24 is inclined upward from the inside to the outside. The low elastic part 20 is located to the inside of the inclined surface 24 . The high elastic part 22 is located to the outside of the inclined surface 24 . An inner high elastic part 26 is located to the inside of a low elastic part 20 . The thickness of the low elastic part 20 becomes gradually larger from the outside to the inside along the inclined surface 24 . The thickness of the high elastic part 22 becomes gradually larger from the inside to the outside along the inclined surface 24 . The width Wa of the inclined surface 24 in left and right direction is 5 mm or more and 100 mm or less.

Claims (42)

1. A shoe comprising a bottom part including a midsole, the midsole having a low elastic part, a high elastic part with an elastic modulus higher than that of the low elastic part, and an inclined surface defining a laterally inclined boundary therebetween,

wherein the low elastic part has a thickness that increases laterally from the outside towards the inside of the inclined surface and an outer boundary that does not extend to any peripheral edge of the midsole, and

the high elastic part has a thickness that increases laterally from the inside towards the outside of the inclined surface and an outer boundary that defines an outer peripheral boundary of the midsole.

2. The shoe according to claim 1 ,

wherein the low elastic part extends laterally from the outside to a remaining portion short of the inside lateral end of the midsole, and wherein the remaining portion comprises an inner high elastic part.

3. The shoe according to claim 1 ,

wherein the inclined surface is located at a longitudinal line across the midsole at a distance 25% from a toe end towards a heel end.

4. The shoe according to claim 1 ,

wherein the inclined surface has lateral width of 5 mm or more and 100 mm or less.

5. The shoe according to claim 1 ,

wherein a maximum thickness of the low elastic part along the inclined surface is 30% or more of the thickness of the midsole.

6. The shoe according to claim 1 ,

wherein a ratio (HL/HH) of hardness HL of the low elastic part to hardness HH of the high elastic part is 0.20 or more and 0.90 or less.

7. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein the shoe is a golf shoe.

8. A shoe comprising a bottom part including a midsole,

the midsole having a low elastic part, a high elastic part and an inclined surface defining a laterally inclined boundary therebetween,

wherein the low elastic part has a thickness that increases laterally from the outside towards the inside of the inclined surface and has a maximum thickness t,

the high elastic part has a thickness that increases laterally from the inside towards the outside of the inclined surface and has a maximum thickness T, and

the ratio of t to T is less than 100%.

9. A shoe comprising a bottom part including a midsole,

the midsole having a low elastic part, a high elastic part and an inclined surface defining a laterally inclined boundary therebetween,

wherein the low elastic part has a thickness that increases laterally from the outside towards the inside of the inclined surface,

the high elastic part has a thickness that increases laterally from the inside towards the outside of the inclined surface,

the low elastic part extends laterally from the outside to a remaining portion short of the inside lateral end of the midsole, and

the remaining portion comprises an inner high elastic part.

10. The shoe according to claim 9 , wherein the shoe is a golf shoe.

11. The shoe according to claim 9 ,

wherein the low elastic part extends laterally from the outside to a remaining portion short of the inside lateral end of the midsole, and wherein the remaining portion comprises an inner high elastic part.

12. The shoe according to claim 9 ,

wherein the inclined surface is located at a longitudinal line across the midsole at a distance 25% from a toe end towards a heel end.

13. The shoe according to claim 9 ,

wherein the inclined surface has a lateral width of 5 mm or more and 100 mm or less.

14. The shoe according to claim 9 ,

wherein a maximum thickness of the low elastic part along the inclined surface is 30% or more of the thickness of the midsole.

15. The shoe according to claim 9 ,

wherein a ratio (HL/HH) of hardness HL of the low elastic part to hardness HH of the high elastic part is 0.20 or more and 0.90 or less.

16. A shoe comprising a bottom part,

wherein downward displacement of an inside lateral portion of a top surface of the bottom part is larger than downward displacement of an outside lateral portion of the top surface, when the body weight of a wearer is applied to the top surface,

the bottom part includes a midsole having a low elastic part, a high elastic part and a surface defining a lateral boundary therebetween,

the low elastic part has a maximum thickness t,

the high elastic part has a maximum thickness T, and

the ratio of t to T is less than 100%.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2006
From: UMEZAWA, IKUKO; YAMAGUCHI, TETSUO; NIWA, KUNIO; HORII, TOSHIHIRO; FUJISAWA, KOICHI
To: SRI SPORTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 018186/0864 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-332893 · Nov 17, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070107258A1 · May 17, 2007