(12) United States Patent ao) Patent No.: us 6,182,381 Bi
Kaneko et al. (45) Date of Patent: *Feb. 6,2001
(54) SOLE OF BASEBALL SPIKED SHOE AND
METHOD OF MEASURING SHEARING
STRESS DISTRIBUTION OF BASEBALL
SPIKED SHOE
(75) Inventors: Yasunori Kaneko; Makoto Tsuchiya,
both of Osaka (JP)
(73) Assignee: Mizuno Corporation, Osaka (JP)
( * ) Notice: This patent issued on a continued prosecution application filed under 37 CFR 1.53(d), and is subject to the twenty year patent term provisions of 35 U.S.C. 154(a)(2).
Under 35 U.S.C. 154(b), the term of this patent shall be extended for 0 days.
(21) Appl. No.: 08/743,273
(22) Filed: Nov. 4, 1996
(30) Foreign Application Priority Data
Dec. 25, 1995 (JP) 7-351507
(51) Int. CI.7 A43C 15/00; A43B 23/28;
A43B 5/00
(52) U.S. CI 36/126; 36/67 A; 36/67 B;
36/59 R; 36/66
(58) Field of Search 36/126, 128, 67 A,
36/67 B, 67 R, 102, 59 R, 59 C, 66
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* cited by examiner
Primary Examiner—Paul T. Sewell
Assistant Examiner—Anthony Stashick
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—McDermott, Will & Emery
