ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,727, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ASICS Corp. (Kobe, Japan).
"Shoe" was invented by Tatsuya Ishikawa (Kobe, Japan), Koji Otobe (Kobe, Japan), Seiji Yano (Kobe, Japan), Takashi Inomata (Kobe, Japan), Yasuyuki Takada (Kobe, Japan) and Tomoichiro Ozaki (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe 100 includes a twist allowance part 22 and a medial reinforcement member 21 (bend restraining part). The twist allowance part 22 is provided in a medial part of a midfoot portion in a shoe sole 1 serving as a bottom portion and allows medial twisting of the heel side with respect to the toe side. The medial reinforcement member 21 ...