ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,135, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ASICS Corp. (Kobe, Japan).
"Sole and shoe" was invented by Keita Ozawa (Kobe, Japan), Hisanori Fujita (Kobe, Japan), Yousuke Atarashi (Kobe, Japan) and Kota Miyoshi (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sole includes a midsole body and a buffer member made of a material having hardness lower than that of a material constituting the midsole body. A mounting portion that mounts the buffer member is formed on a surface of a rearfoot region of the midsole body. The buffer member is mounted on the mounting portion in a non-adhesive state. One of the mounting portion and the buffer member inc...