Patent ID: 8695236
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A shoe sole suitable for suppressing pronation, wherein: the shoe sole includes a front foot portion, a middle foot portion and a rear foot portion continuous with one another in a front-rear direction of a foot, the shoe sole comprising: a midsole having an upper surface and a lower surface and absorbing an impact of landing; and an outsole having a bonded surface to be bonded to the lower surface of the midsole, and a ground contact surface to be in contact with a road surface; the midsole includes a midsole body formed by a foamed resin; the midsole body is provided in a first area including a medial side of the middle foot portion and/or a medial side of the rear foot portion, and in a second area including the front foot portion, the middle foot portion and the rear foot portion excluding the first area; the midsole body has three or more holes in a lower portion of the first area, the holes being separated from one another in the front-rear direction, the holes each opening in a downward direction and having an inner peripheral surface about an axial line extending in an up-down direction; three or more embedded portions are provided; the embedded portions each have an outer peripheral surface about the axial line, and are embedded in the midsole body while being fitted into the holes; the embedded portions each are formed by a hard member made of a resin harder than the midsole body and the outsole; and the hard member includes a connecting portion for connecting together the embedded portions in the front-rear direction on the lower surface of the midsole body.