Abstract: A sole structure and shoes having the sole structure are provided which enable smooth cutting maneuvers or the like and stabilize a stacking state in the sole structure. An outsole has an elastic structure arranged between a base plate and a lower midsole portion in a thickness direction of a sole structure. The elastic structure includes a plurality of elastically deformable first columnar portions and at least one coupling portion for coupling the first columnar portions adjacent to each other. The elastic structure is configured such that the coupling portion couples second end portions of the first columnar portions adjacent to each other, and that the second end portions are connected, together with the coupling portion, to the lower midsole portion.

Abstract: A sole structure for a shoe that can secure cushioning properties and obtain a ground surface information is disclosed. The sole structure includes a first midsole having a plurality of first protrusions on a foot-sole-contact side, an outsole having a plurality of second protrusions on a ground surface side, and a second midsole disposed at a part of a region between the first midsole and the outsole and having a lower compressive rigidity than the first midsole. At least a part of the plurality of first protrusions of the first midsole is located at a position corresponding vertically to at least a part of the plurality of second protrusions of the outsole.

Abstract: A shoe upper structure includes an inner upper having a foot-dorsum top portion that covers at least a dorsum top region of a foot of a shoe wearer, an outer upper having a heel portion that covers at least a heel region of the foot of the shoe wearer, and a stretchable portion that generates a tensional force to the foot-dorsum top portion of the inner upper toward a lower end of the heel portion of the outer upper when the shoe is worn by the shoe wearer.

Abstract: A sole of a shoe includes a sole body and a plurality of lower protrusions and a plurality of upper protrusions arranged at least in positions each corresponding to a forefoot in the sole body. The sole body is configured such that hardness of a portion corresponding to a midfoot is higher than hardness of a portion corresponding to the forefoot.

Abstract: The object is to improve fitting and supporting properties relative to the midfoot region of the foot of the wearer. The upper structure 2 for the shoe 1 includes a stretchable inner upper portion 20 that has a forefoot part F to cover the forefoot region of the foot of the shoe wearer and a midfoot part M to cover the midfoot region of the foot, and an outer upper portion 21 that is less stretchable than the inner upper portion 20 and that is disposed outside the inner upper portion 20 and overlapped with the inner upper portion 20. In the state of a free length that the inner upper portion 20 is extended without slackening via its own weight when the upper structure 2 is inverted upside down, the inner upper portion 20 has a clearance e relative to the outer upper portion 21 at least at the midfoot part M.

Abstract: A sole of a shoe has a plurality of lower protrusions and a plurality of upper protrusions arranged at least at a portion of the sole corresponding to a forefoot of a wearer of the shoe. A support includes a planta rest that is arranged in an internal space surrounded by a shoe upper and bridges between a position of the shoe upper corresponding to a medial side of the foot of the wearer of the shoe to a position of the shoe upper corresponding to a lateral side of the foot of the wearer of the shoe in a foot width direction. The planta rest is configured to receive a portion of the planta of the foot of the wearer of the shoe near a base of metatarsal bone and lift the base of metatarsal bone above the sole.

Abstract: A sole structure includes: a base having a plate-like shape, and disposed near a ground; a plurality of pillars protruding upward from the base, and spaced apart from each other, the pillars being elastically deformable; and an upper plate portion disposed above the base. The pillars are disposed between the base and the upper plate portion with lower end portions of the pillars fixed to the base and with upper end portions of the pillars fixed to the upper plate portion.

Abstract: A sole structure for a shoe that can secure cushioning properties and obtain a ground surface information is disclosed. The sole structure includes a first midsole having a plurality of first protrusions on a foot-sole-contact side, an outsole having a plurality of second protrusions on a ground surface side, and a second midsole disposed at a part of a region between the first midsole and the outsole and having a lower compressive rigidity than the first midsole. At least a part of the plurality of first protrusions of the first midsole is located at a position corresponding vertically to at least a part of the plurality of second protrusions of the outsole.

Abstract: The midsole structure for an athletic shoe includes a midsole body made of foamed resin, and a sheet composite extending at least from the ball of the foot portion to the toe portion in the midsole body and comprising a plurality of foamed rubber sheets that are overlapped and shifted in the longitudinal direction. The sheet composite comprises a single sheet at the toe portion and a plurality of sheets at the ball of the foot portion.

Abstract: An outsole includes a substantially flat reference surface formed on a lower side of the outsole, and studs projecting downward from the reference surface and each having a projection surface positioned below the reference surface. Midsole hollows are provided in a lower portion of a midsole. The midsole hollows are each defined between an upper portion of the outsole and an associated one of midsole recesses formed in a lower surface of a lower midsole at positions facing upper sides of the studs.

Abstract: A sole structure is configured such that in a state where a ground surface of an outsole is in contact with the ground surface, when a planta support surface of a deformable part receives a load of a human body, the deformable part is flexurally deformed downward while being supported on a fixed end functioning as a supporting point, thereby allowing the planta support surface to be inclined downward such that a free end of the deformable part moves downward.

Abstract: An outsole includes: a first stud projecting downwards in a stationary manner in a vertical direction from a reference surface and having a first projection surface; and a second stud having a second projection surface. The second stud moves in the vertical direction so that, when an external force acts on the second projection surface, the outsole hollow is compressively transformed and the second projection surface comes close to the reference surface.

Abstract: An outsole includes a substantially flat reference surface formed on a lower side of the outsole, and studs projecting downward from the reference surface and each having a projection surface positioned below the reference surface. Midsole hollows are provided in a lower portion of a midsole. The midsole hollows are each defined between an upper portion of the outsole and an associated one of midsole recesses formed in a lower surface of a lower midsole at positions facing upper sides of the studs.

Abstract: A sole structure is configured such that in a state where a ground surface of an outsole is in contact with the ground surface, when a planta support surface of a deformable part receives a load of a human body, the deformable part is flexurally deformed downward while being supported on a fixed end functioning as a supporting point, thereby allowing the planta support surface to be inclined downward such that a free end of the deformable part moves downward.

Abstract: A shoe includes a sole, a shoe upper attached to the sole, and a string member disposed at the sole and the shoe upper such that the string member extends over an area from a forefoot to a hindfoot of a foot, the string member being movable relative to the sole and the shoe upper. The string member is configured such that when the foot is bent at metatarsophalangeal joints and an MP area of the sole is bent and warped in a vertical direction and stretched, a second extension portion is pulled toward a front portion by bending of a first extension portion.