ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,146, issued on May 6, was assigned to ASICS Corp. (Kobe, Japan).
"Sole of shoe and shoe" was invented by Sho Takamasu (Hyogo, Japan), Seiji Yano (Hyogo, Japan) and Hiroki Nakamura (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole of a shoe includes a forefoot support portion R1 that supports a forefoot of a foot of a wearer, a midfoot support portion that supports a midfoot of the foot of the wearer, and a rearfoot support portion that supports a rearfoot of the foot of the wearer, which are connected in order from a front side toward a rear side. A ground contact portion having a portion positioned on a lowermost line connecting a...