Patent ID: 8533977
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. An athletic shoe, comprising: an upper member; a midsole that includes a raised portion connected to the upper member, the raised portion being formed along its circumferential side edge; a bulged portion that is formed integrally with the midsole at a portion along a little toe of the circumferential side surface of the midsole and that protrudes outward; an outersole that includes an outsole and that is affixed to an undersurface of the midsole; and an extending portion that is formed at a perimeter edge of the outersole, wherein at the portion along the little toe of the circumferential side surface of the midsole the extending portion extends toward a protruding surface of the bulged portion and has an arcuate curved form, at a portion of the extended portion along a thenar on an inner foot-side of the midsole extends toward the circumferential side surface of the midsole and has an arcuate curved form, and a radius of the arcuate curved form of the extending portion is larger at the portion along the thenar than at the portion along the little toe.