Adidas Ag

Blayne Hettinga

Jacques Magloire Perrault

Andrew Jacob Schneider

Ladan Salari-Sharif

Iain Martin Hannah

Dustin Kendrick

Shannon Pomeroy

Josh Gordon

Tom Elvidge

Griff Wilson

Hayden Swanson

Ladan Salari

A sole for an article of footwear includes a cored midsole defining a top surface, a bottom surface, and a perimeter surface extending from the top surface to the bottom surface. The cored midsole defines apertures extending diagonally from the top surface of the cored midsole to the bottom surface of the cored midsole.

Cored midsole with diagonal geometry

Soles for articles of footwear including a mechanically anisotropic three-dimensional mesh. The mechanically anisotropic three-dimensional mesh can include one or more mechanically anisotropic regions with a first lattice shear modulus measured in a first direction and a second lattice shear modulus measured in a second direction opposite to or orthogonal to the first direction. The first and second lattice shear moduli are different to provide the three-dimensional mesh with mechanically anisotropic properties. The mechanically anisotropic three-dimensional mesh can be three-dimensionally printed.

Footwear midsole with anisotropic mesh and methods of making the same

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Blayne Hettinga