Sole structure for a shoe

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11553755-B2
Application number	US-202016820987-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 17, 2020
Priority date	Mar 31, 2019
Publication date	Jan 17, 2023
Grant date	Jan 17, 2023

Abstract

A sole structure for a shoe that can secure cushioning properties and obtain a ground surface information is disclosed. The sole structure includes a first midsole having a plurality of first protrusions on a foot-sole-contact side, an outsole having a plurality of second protrusions on a ground surface side, and a second midsole disposed at a part of a region between the first midsole and the outsole and having a lower compressive rigidity than the first midsole. At least a part of the plurality of first protrusions of the first midsole is located at a position corresponding vertically to at least a part of the plurality of second protrusions of the outsole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sole structure for a shoe comprising:
a first midsole that has a plurality of first protrusions on a foot-sole-contact side thereof;
an outsole that has a plurality of second protrusions on a ground surface side thereof; and
a second midsole that is disposed at only a part of a region between said first midsole and said outsole, and that has a compressive rigidity lower than a compressive rigidity of said first midsole,
wherein at least some of said first protrusions of said first midsole are located at respective positions corresponding vertically to at least some of said second protrusions of said outsole with said second midsole interposed therebetween,
wherein said first midsole and said outsole are in indirect contact with each other via said second midsole at said part of said region between said first midsole and said outsole, wherein said first midsole and said outsole are in direct contact with each other at another part other than said part of said region between said first midsole and said outsole, and wherein said first protrusions of said first midsole at said another part correspond vertically to said second protrusions of said outsole.

2. The sole structure according to claim 1 , wherein said first midsole extends from a heel region to a forefoot region of said sole structure, and said first protrusions are provided from said heel region to said forefoot region.

3. The sole structure according to claim 1 , wherein said second midsole has a planar sheet portion at said part of said region between said first midsole and said outsole.

4. The sole structure according to claim 3 , wherein said second midsole has an upraised portion that rises from a circumferential portion of said planar sheet portion and that extends encompassing a circumferential portion of said first midsole.

5. The sole structure according to claim 1 , wherein said first midsole has a thin-plate-like base portion of a uniform thickness, and wherein said plurality of first protrusions are separated from each other and protrude from a base surface of said base portion.

6. The sole structure according to claim 5 , wherein said plurality of first protrusions adjacent to each other on said base surface are divided by a plurality of grooves intersecting each other, and each one of said grooves has said base surface as a bottom surface thereof.

7. The sole structure according to claim 1 , wherein said second midsole extends from a heel region to a midfoot region of said sole structure.

8. The sole structure according to claim 1 , wherein said second midsole is disposed at a forefoot region of said sole structure.

9. The sole structure according to claim 1 , wherein said second midsole is disposed at a region of said sole structure that corresponds to a distal portion of a first metatarsal of a foot of a person wearing a shoe having said sole structure.

10. The sole structure according to claim 1 , wherein said second midsole is disposed at a region of said sole structure that corresponds to a fifth metatarsal of a foot of a person wearing a shoe having said sole structure.

11. The sole structure according to claim 1 , wherein said first midsole and said outsole are disposed at a midfoot region of said sole structure, and wherein the sole structure further comprises a hard plate provided between said first midsole and said outsole at said midfoot region.

12. The sole structure according to claim 1 , wherein at said part of said region between said first midsole and said outsole, said some of said first protrusions of said first midsole have a one-to-one vertical correspondence relation relative to said some of said second protrusions of said outsole through said second midsole.

Assignees

• Mizuno Kk

Inventors

• Yahata Kentaro
• Inohara Hiroshi
• Matsui Shogo
• Hirai Shin

Classifications

• A43B13/184

  the structure protruding from the outsole · CPC title

• A43B7/1425

  situated under the ball of the foot, i.e. the joint between the first metatarsal and first phalange · CPC title

• A43B7/144

  situated under the heel, i.e. the calcaneus bone · CPC title

• A43B7/1445

  situated under the midfoot, i.e. the second, third or fourth metatarsal · CPC title

• A43B13/181

  Resiliency achieved by the structure of the sole · CPC title