New Balance Athletics, Inc.

Bryan Decker Gothie

John Robert Whiteman

Timothy Kelvin Robinson

Michael Nelson White

Lee Blackwell

Matt Bullock

Robert Lee Ashcroft

Stephen Bradford Shepard

Sean Brendon Murphy

Christopher James Wawrousek

Trampas Tenbroek

Pedro Rodrigues

Katherine Elizabeth Petrecca

Michael William On Fitzgerald

Anne Gutmann

Timothy K Robinson

Michael N White

Stephen B Shepard

The invention relates to articles of footwear having traction elements, and systems and methods for manufacturing same. An example shoe includes an upper and a sole plate, the sole plate including a lower surface adapted for ground contact having a first sole portion including first traction elements, the first traction elements having a distal end and a side wall with extensions extending from a central core, and a second sole portion including second traction elements, the second traction elements having at least one geometrical feature differing in one or more aspects from a corresponding geometrical feature of the first traction elements.

Footwear with traction elements

The invention relates to embroidered material portions for incorporation into an article of footwear, and systems and methods for the manufacture thereof. More particularly, the invention relates to an article of footwear having an upper with a sole structure, the upper including a first upper element including a base layer and a first structural layer including at least one first fiber embroidered onto the exterior surface of the base layer, the at least one first fiber forming a plurality of first elongate structural elements extending over the exterior surface of the base layer to provide discrete localized structural support to the base layer.

Article of footwear incorporating an embroidered element, and related methods of manufacture

The invention relates to systems and methods for monitoring one or more athletic performance characteristic and physiological characteristic of a user. An exemplary system includes a first sensing unit adapted to monitor at least one performance characteristic of a user, a second sensing unit adapted to monitor at least one physiological characteristic of the user, and a transmitter for transmitting the at least one performance characteristic and at least one physiological characteristic to a remote receiver that is adapted to identify a relationship between the at least one performance characteristic and the at least one physiological characteristic.

Systems and methods for monitoring athletic and physiological performance

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