US Patent Issued to ASICS on July 29 for "Shoe sole and shoe" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,682, issued on July 29, was assigned to ASICS Corp. (Kobe, Japan).

"Shoe sole and shoe" was invented by Tatsuya Ishikawa (Kobe, Japan), Koji Otobe (Kobe, Japan), Sho Takamasu (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 midsole and an outsole. The midsole has a first protruding portion at a location on a medial foot side and a rear end side of the shoe sole, and the outsole has a first cover portion covering the first protruding portion. The first cover portion includes a first bottom wall portion prescribing a ground contact surface, and a firs...