US Patent Issued to ASICS on July 28 for "Shoe" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,640, issued on July 28, was assigned to ASICS Corp. (Kobe, Japan).

"Shoe" was invented by Chihaya Suzuki (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe includes an outsole having a ground contact surface, a midsole positioned above the outsole, an upper positioned above the outsole and the midsole and covering at least a part of a foot of a wearer, and a plurality of linear bodies disposed in the upper, extending in a first direction, and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The outsole includes a side surface portion extending from the ground contact surface and covering at least a part of a side su...