Patent ID: 7823298
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. An athletic shoe suitable for exercise comprising a sole for absorbing shock of landing and an upper for covering an instep of a foot, wherein the upper defines a first opening out of which the foot sticks upwards during wearing and a second opening which is closed with a tongue over the instep, the two openings being continuous with each other in the longitudinal direction, the upper comprises; a medial side stretchable part which covers a part of a medial side face of an arch of the foot; a lateral side stretchable part which covers a part of a lateral side face of the foot; a front part attached to and located forward of each of the stretchable parts; and a rear part attached to and located backward of each of the stretchable parts, wherein each of the stretchable parts has a Young's modulus along the lengthwise direction of the foot less than that of the front part and the rear part, the medial side stretchable part extends downwards from the second opening and is continuous with the second opening, wherein the lateral side stretchable part extends from a region essentially corresponding to a top edge of distal caput or head of a fifth metatarsal bone of the foot to the second opening and is continuous with the second opening, the lateral side stretchable part including a line which extends forwardly and obliquely upward from the region, and wherein the lateral side stretchable part has a sufficient length to stretch along the lengthwise direction of the foot in the region.