ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,670, issued on April 22, was assigned to ASICS Corp. (Kobe, Japan).
"Plate, sole, and shoe" was invented by Yoshikazu Mitsuhata (Kobe, Japan) and Takayuki Kogure (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plate is used for a sole forming a part of a shoe. The plate includes a front support portion and a center support portion. The front support portion is formed in a flat shape or a curved shape with a single downward protrusion in a cross section in a foot width direction, when the sole is placed on a flat plane. The center support portion has a shape with an upward protrusion and a downward protrusion arranged alternately in the ...