ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,760, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ASICS Corp. (Kobe, Japan).
"Shoe sole and shoe" was invented by Tatsuya Ishikawa (Kobe, Japan), Koji Otobe (Kobe, Japan), Akane Yoneda (Kobe, Japan), Tomoichiro Ozaki (Kobe, Japan) and Hiroyuki Ichikawa (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe sole includes a sole body, and a reinforcing structure portion made up of a first reinforcing member and a second reinforcing member that are made of different members from each other. The first reinforcing member includes a first bar, and the second reinforcing member includes a second bar. The first bar is located on a medial foot side from th...