US Patent Issued to MIZUNO on May 6 for "Stud for outsole, outsole for cleated shoe, method for producing outsole, and cleated shoe" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,150, issued on May 6, was assigned to MIZUNO Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Stud for outsole, outsole for cleated shoe, method for producing outsole, and cleated shoe" was invented by Shingo Sudo (Osaka, Japan) and Yohei Yoshida (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stud for an outsole includes: an outer tubular portion located on an outsole body and having a tubular shape; and a core portion located inside the outer tubular portion. The outer tubular portion is integral with the outsole body with no seam between the outer tubular portion and the outsole body. An inner wall surface of the outer tubular portion surrounds, and is in c...