US Patent Issued to ASICS on July 8 for "Sole and shoe" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,767, issued on July 8, was assigned to ASICS Corp. (Kobe, Japan).

"Sole and shoe" was invented by Kenta Tateno (Kobe, Japan), Masanori Sakaguchi (Kobe, Japan) and Hiroaki Nishimura (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole includes a midsole. The midsole includes: a first support portion that is configured to support a front portion of an MP joint of a wearer's foot; and a second support portion that is configured to support a rear portion of the MP joint of the wearer's foot, the second support portion having a shape extending rearward from the first support portion in a foot length direction. The first support portion has a...