US Patent Issued to ASICS on Dec. 23 for "Sole and shoe including the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,968, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to ASICS Corp. (Kobe, Japan).

"Sole and shoe including the same" was invented by Azumi Taoka (Kobe, Japan), Sho Takamasu (Kobe, Japan), Sho Kubota (Kobe, Japan) and Tomoichiro Ozaki (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole includes: a midsole located to continuously extend from a forefoot portion to a rearfoot portion; and a reinforcing member formed of a material higher in rigidity than a material forming the midsole and disposed on a bottom surface of the midsole. The reinforcing member includes: a first bar located to extend at least in the forefoot portion and the midfoot portion and...