Shoe having stabilizer

Abstract

A stabilizer includes a midsole, and a counter placed in a rearfoot portion of the midsole, the counter including a counter body attached to a surface of the rearfoot portion of the upper, and at least one skirt extending downward from the counter body and covering, and attached to, a side surface of the rearfoot portion of the midsole on a medial side or a lateral side, the at least one skirt including a posterior end placed on the side surface or a back surface of the midsole, and an exposed portion where the skirt is absent and the midsole is exposed is provided in at least a portion in a circumferential direction of the back surface of the midsole.

1 . A shoe comprising an upper, and a stabilizer attached to at least a portion of the upper, wherein: the stabilizer includes a midsole, and a counter placed in a rearfoot portion of the midsole;
 the counter includes a counter body attached to a surface of the rearfoot portion of the upper, and at least one skirt, extending downward from the counter body and covering, and attached to, a side surface of the rearfoot portion of the midsole on a medial side and/or a lateral   
       side; and
 the at least one skirt includes a posterior end placed on the side surface or a back surface of the midsole, and an exposed portion where the skirt is absent and the midsole is exposed is provided in at least a portion in a circumferential direction of the back surface of the midsole. 
 
     
     
         2 . The shoe according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one skirt includes a wide portion attached to the side surface of the rearfoot portion of the midsole on the medial side and/or the lateral side, and a first small width portion on the side surface and/or the back surface of the midsole, the first small width portion being continuous with the wide portion and having a width in a height direction, smaller than that of the wide portion, over which the midsole is covered. 
     
     
         3 . The shoe according to  claim 2 , wherein
 a lower-edge line of the first small width portion of the at least one skirt extends in an obliquely posterior and upward direction and on the side surface of the rearfoot portion of the midsole on the medial side and/or the lateral side and/or the back surface of the midsole.   
     
     
         4 . The shoe according to  claim 2 , wherein the at least one skirt further comprises a second small width portion in an area extending in an anterior direction from the wide portion, the second small width portion being continuous with the wide portion and having a width in the height direction, smaller than that of the wide portion, over which the midsole is covered. 
     
     
         5 . The shoe according to  claim 4 , wherein a lower-edge line of the second small width portion of the at least one skirt extends toward an obliquely anterior and upward direction on the side surface of the medial side and/or the lateral side. 
     
     
         6 . The shoe according to  claim 1 , wherein the counter further includes a flange that is continuous with the counter body and that projects from the counter body toward a central area of the rearfoot portion. 
     
     
         7 . The shoe according to  claim 6 , wherein the flange is formed in a U-letter shape as seen from above. 
     
     
         8 . The shoe according to  claim 6 , wherein a step portion, into which the flange fits, is formed on an upper surface of the midsole. 
     
     
         9 . The shoe according to  claim 1 , wherein the counter body covers the rearfoot portion of the upper extending from a medial side surface to a lateral side surface through a back surface, and is formed in a U-letter shape as seen from above. 
     
     
         10 . (canceled) 
     
     
         11 . (canceled) 
     
     
         12 . The shoe according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the at least one skirt is provided both on the medial side and on the lateral side.   
     
     
         13 . A shoe having a stabilizer, the shoe comprising an outsole having a contact surface to be in contact with a road surface, and a midsole placed on the outsole and configured to cover_at least a portion of a forefoot section 
       of a wearer;
 the midsole includes a main midsole formed by a 
 
       resin foam, and at least one sub-midsole placed on the main midsole and formed by a resin foam;
 a hardness of the at least one sub-midsole is larger than a hardness of the main midsole; and 
 the at least one sub-midsole includes a base configured to cover_a bottom surface of a big toe and/or a little toe of the wearer on a medial side and/or a lateral side of a forefoot portion, and two hard roll-up portions continuous with the base and rolled up upward from the base at positions which are on the medial side or the lateral side and which are spaced apart from each other in a front-rear direction. 
 
     
     
         14 . The shoe according to  claim 13 , wherein the main midsole defines a mating recess into which the base of the at least one sub-midsole fits. 
     
     
         15 . The shoe according to  claim 14 , wherein the main midsole further includes a soft roll-up portion placed between the two hard roll-up portions, continuous with a base of the main midsole, and rolled up from the base of the main midsole. 
     
     
         16 . The shoe according to  claim 15 , wherein the main midsole includes a projecting portion surrounded by the mating recess and the soft roll-up portion and continuous with the soft roll-up portion. 
     
     
         17 . The shoe according to  claim 16 , wherein the at least one sub-midsole defines a notch where the at least one sub-midsole is recessed at the projecting portion. 
     
     
         18 . The shoe according to  claim 13 , wherein a sub-midsole is provided at least on the lateral side, and the two hard roll-up portions are provided on the sub-midsole of the lateral side. 
     
     
         19 . The shoe according to  claim 18 , wherein an anterior end of an anterior hard roll-up portion, of the two hard roll-up portions, is configured to be placed anterior to a little toe ball, and a posterior end of a posterior hard roll-up portion, of the two hard roll-up portions, is configured to be placed posterior to the little toe ball. 
     
     
         20 . The shoe according to  13 , wherein:
 the at least one the sub-midsole includes a pair of sub-midsoles on the medial side and the lateral side; and   the pair of sub-midsoles are both provided with the two hard roll-up portions.   
     
     
         21 . The shoe according to  claim 20 , wherein:
 an anterior end of an anterior hard roll-up portion, of the two hard roll-up portions on the medial side, is configured to be placed anterior to a ball of the big toe, and a posterior end of a posterior hard roll-up portion, of the two hard roll-up portions on the medial side, is configured to be_placed posterior to the ball of the big toe; and   an anterior end of an anterior hard roll-up portion, of the two hard roll-up portions on the lateral side, is configured to be placed anterior to a little toe ball, and a posterior end of a posterior hard roll-up portion, of the two hard roll-up portions on the lateral side, is configured to be_placed posterior to the little toe ball.   
     
     
         22 . The shoe according to  claim 13 , wherein:
 the at least one the sub-midsole includes a pair of sub-midsoles on the medial side and the lateral side; and   the pair of sub-midsoles are spaced apart from each other, one on the medial side and the other on the lateral side.