Abstract: A system for assisting shoe selection can select and present a shoe type that fits a customer by estimating the anatomical characteristics of a foot from the state of the foot. The system includes the following: a measured data input portion for measuring and inputting data that show the state of a foot of a person to be measured; a normalization processing portion for normalizing the data input from the measured data input portion and storing the normalized data at least temporarily; a shoe catalog database for storing information of a plurality of types of shoes; and a selection portion for estimating the anatomical characteristics of the foot of the person based on the normalized data, referring to the shoe catalog database based on the anatomical characteristics, and selecting and presenting a shoe type that fits the person.

Abstract: A golf club head includes: a head body including a crown portion having a plurality of openings, a face portion, a toe portion, a heel portion and a sole portion; a crown part mounted to the head body so as to close the openings, and a support portion provided between the openings for supporting the crown part. The support portion is X-shaped, for example.

Abstract: A sole structure is provided that can improve bendability and cushioning ability of the sole forefoot portion. The sole assembly 1 is formed of an upper plate 2, and a lower plate 3 provided below the upper plate 2 and spaced apart from the upper plate 2 via a void S. The lower plate 3 has a plurality of protrusions 30 that protrude toward the upper plate 2. The longitudinal path length L1 of the lower plate 3 is longer than the longitudinal path length L2 of the upper plate 2. More specifically, the path length L1 of the lower plate 3 is 40-60% longer than the path length L2 of the upper plate 2.

Abstract: A shoe including an upper material using a double raschel warp knitted fabric is provided. The upper material includes a first surface having a non-mesh structure and a second surface having a non-mesh structure part (A) and mesh structure parts (B, C). The burst strengths burst strengths A, B and C of the parts (A, B and C) satisfy the relationship: A>B>C. The non-mesh structure part (A) is disposed in a part surrounding the tiptoe, a part connecting to a shoe sole and disposed in both sides of the foot for example, in a stripe. The mesh structure part (B) is disposed in the vicinity of the surface of the toe and the mesh structure part (C) is disposed in the both sides of the foot for example, in a stripe. Thus, a shoe having lightweight, air permeability and durability and a double raschel knitted fabric used for the shoe are provided.

Abstract: A golf ball comprising a spherical core (1) and a cover (3) covering the spherical core (1), wherein the core (1) is provided with grooves (5) along three great circles drawn on the surface of the core (1) so as to intersect each other at right angles, and projections (9) engaging in the grooves (5) are provided on the inner surface of the cover (3). A golf ball with such a structure has both high resilience and soft feel when hit.

Abstract: A golf shaft made of fiber reinforced plastic and including a tip portion attached to a head, a butt portion attached to a grip, and a middle portion located between the tip portion and the butt portion. The golf shaft has a generally tapered shape in which the outer diameter generally increases gradually from the tip portion to the butt portion. The golf shaft includes a first portion in which linear density is generally uniform. A second portion is defined by the part of the shaft excluding the first portion. The first portion occupies 30% or more of the entire shaft length, and the linear density of the first portion is greater than that of the linear density.

Abstract: An iron golf club and a set of iron golf clubs that have a variable weight distribution. Each iron golf club head has a cavity and a raised wall portion that extends upward from the sole and offset from the cavity. The raised wall portion is separated from the cavity by a groove set at an oblique angle to the face portion of the iron golf club The groove deepens the center of mass depth and lengthens the effective face length of the iron golf club. The width of the groove may vary between each golf club in a set of iron golf clubs, such that the width of the groove of the long irons is greater that the width of the groove of the middle irons, and the width of the groove of the middle irons is greater than the width of the groove of the short irons.

Abstract: A golf bag with a base having protrusion forming regions at a first section ranging from 30 to 60 degrees from a reference line, a second section ranging from 120 to 150 degrees from the reference line, a third section ranging from 210 to 240 degrees from the reference line, and a fourth section ranging from 300 to 330 degrees from the reference line. At each of the protrusion forming regions, one or more protrusions are formed to prevent the golf bag from rotating and falling over. A pair of tangents drawn from two of the protrusions in the front-rear direction and a pair of tangents drawn from two of the protrusions in the lateral direction pass outside of a base peripheral edge. Auxiliary protrusions may also be formed on the base at the positions of 90 degrees and 270 degrees from the reference line. All tangents linking the adjacent protrusions and all tangents linking the adjacent protrusion and auxiliary protrusion may pass outside of the base peripheral edge.

Abstract: A glove comprises an outer leather member including an outer leather pocket portion and an outer leather back face portion, an inner leather member, inserted in the outer leather member, having a palm member provided along the outer leather pocket portion and a back member provided along the outer leather back face portion, finger portions formed between the palm member and the back member for receiving the fingers of a wearer of the catching tool and a reinforcing portion selectively provided on a specific position of the palm member.

Abstract: A sole portion of a golf club head includes a first portion contacting with ground in address position and a second portion being raised in a direction from the first portion toward a toe portion. The first and second portions are each in a shape of a curved surface convex toward the outside of a head body. An angle of the second portion with respect to the first portion is adjusted such that an angle formed by a first plane contacting with a vertex of the first portion in address position with a prescribed lie angle and a second plane contacting with a vertex of the second portion becomes at least 30° and at most 60°.

Abstract: This invention relates to a multi-layered, multi-piece golf ball that comprises a core, an intermediate layer, and a cover, wherein the core comprises a spherical body and ribs that are arranged on the surface of the spherical body and that have almost the same height as the thickness of the intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer fills a plurality of concave portions formed on the surface of the spherical body while being surrounded by the ribs. This arrangement enables the golf ball to have both high ball bounce resilience and a soft feel when hit.

Abstract: A midsole structure for an athletic shoe includes an upper midsole (3) formed of a soft elastic material, a lower midsole (4) disposed under the upper midsole (3) and formed of a soft elastic material, and a wavy plate assembly (5) interposed between the upper midsole (3) and the lower midsoles (4). The wavy plate assembly (5) is comprised of a wavy board (50) and a pair of sidewall members (51) provided discretely from the wavy board (50) and disposed on opposite sides of the wavy board (50). Each of the sidewall members (51) is composed of a wavy bottom-portion (51b) overlapping the wavy board (50) and an upraised portion (51a) extending upwardly from the wavy bottom portion (51b) to face a side surface of the upper midsole (3). Provision of the wavy board (50) and the sidewall members (51) discretely from each other simplifies a layout of a mold for forming the wavy plate assembly (5), thereby reducing a manufacturing cost.

Abstract: A wood golf club head is adapted to achieve the maximum flight distance or optimum trajectory of a golf ball, by incorporating features to achieve an appropriate correlation between launch angle and backspin speed of a golf ball that is struck by the club head. A wood golf club head is designed to achieve a launch angle and a backspin speed of a golf ball located in an angle-spinspeed region defined by an ellipse having a center point O(21, 1800), length of a major axis L equal to 2100(rpm), length of a minor axis S equal to 5.7(deg), and tilt angle ? of the major axis measured in a counterclockwise direction from the vertical axis equal to 0.25(deg), wherein the horizontal coordinate designates the launch angle(deg) of the golf ball, the vertical coordinate designates the backspin speed(rpm) of the golf ball, and the horizontal and vertical axes have the same numerical scale. Preferably, the wood golf club head has a face formed of a low friction material and a loft angle of 13 to 20 degrees.

Abstract: A track spiked shoe or a running shoe has a thin-plate-like outsole formed of a hard synthetic resin and having a plurality of cleats or studs on a ground contact surface thereof. The outsole has a first and second bulge each protruding downwardly toward the ground surface. The first bulge is located at a position that corresponds to a thenar eminence of a foot of a shoe wearer and the second bulge at a position that corresponds to a hypothenar eminence of a foot of a shoe wearer. The first and second bulge each has a configuration that conforms to a shape of a forefoot portion of a foot that has been flexed. Some of the cleats are provided on a convexly curved surface of the first and second bulge.