Patent ID: 11889899
Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A shoe sole comprising:
a first protrusion having a first ground contact surface;
a second protrusion having a second ground contact surface;
a plurality of first slits disposed along an outer side edge of the shoe sole, and a plurality of second slits disposed along an inner side edge of the shoe sole, the first and second protrusions being arranged laterally with respect to each other to define a row of protrusions that is disposed in a space between a pair of adjacent first slits and a pair of adjacent second slits as a single row of protrusions, the first protrusion abutting each of the pair of adjacent first slits, the second protrusion abutting each of the pair of adjacent second slits; and
a recess having a recessed surface with respect to the first and second protrusions, the recess having a groove formed at a center of the recess, the groove having at least one groove arm formed at the center of the recess, the at least one groove arm extending laterally between the plurality of first and second slits, the at least one groove arm extending inward of the slits with respect to the outer side edge.