Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Footwear with sole structure incorporating lobed fluid-filled chamber with protruding end wall portions
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Application No.: US15622397Application Date: 2017-06-14
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Publication No.: US10667577B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Risha Dupre , Steve M. Mathras , Mark C. Miner , Eric S. Schindler
- Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OR Beaverton
- Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OR Beaverton
- Agency: Honigman LLP
- Agent Matthew H. Szalach; Jonathan P. O'Brien
- Main IPC: A43B13/20
- IPC: A43B13/20 ; A43B13/14 ; A43B13/22

Abstract:
A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a fluid-filled chamber component having a central portion, a plurality of lobes extending outward from the central portion, and a plurality of channels formed between the plurality of lobes. The structure also includes a midsole component inter-fitted with the plurality of lobes of the fluid-filled chamber component and having a plurality of projections extending through the plurality of channels of the fluid-filled chamber component. The midsole component forms a portion of the peripheral side surface of the sole structure. At least a first lobe of the plurality of lobes has an exposed distal end wall and includes a projecting portion that extends further outward from the central portion of the fluid-filled chamber component than the portion of the peripheral side surface of the sole structure formed by the midsole component. The exposed distal end wall also includes a faceted surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170273402A1 FOOTWEAR WITH SOLE STRUCTURE INCORPORATING LOBED FLUID-FILLED CHAMBER WITH PROTRUDING END WALL PORTIONS Public/Granted day:2017-09-28
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