ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,485, issued on June 10, was assigned to ASICS Corp. (Kobe, Japan).
"Shoe" was invented by Seigo Nakaya (Kobe, Japan), Masanori Sakaguchi (Kobe, Japan), Kenta Moriyasu (Kobe, Japan), Genki Hatano (Kobe, Japan), Sho Takamasu (Kobe, Japan), Kenji Hirata (Kobe, Japan) and Takayuki Kogure (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The shoe 100 includes the outer sole 10 brought in contact with the road surface, the midsole 20 arranged on the outer sole 10, and the upper 9 covering the foot from the upper side. The midsole 20 includes at the middle foot portion the cut-out portion 21 and the like opened to the outside and closed at the mi...