ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,664, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MIZUNO Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Sole structure and shoe having the same" was invented by Yo Kajiwara (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure ensures the rigidity of a sole structure without loss of the bendability of the sole structure. A sole structure includes a plate that is arranged between an outsole and a midsole and is made of a material having higher rigidity than the outsole and the midsole. The plate has a plurality of cuts and a plurality of movable portions (movable portions) defined by phantom lines running along extending directions of the cuts. The movab...