Nike, Inc.

Camden D Stanke

Eric Steven Schindler

Fred G Fagergren

Klaas Pieter Hazenberg

Margarita L Cortez

A sole structure for an article of footwear includes one or more outsole portions. At least some of these outsole portions include a plurality of alternating upward-facing and downward-facing elongate channels. The channels may have a base and two sidewalls, with adjacent channels sharing a common sidewall. The bases of the downward-facing channels form an upper surface of the outsole portion and the bases of the upward-facing channels form a lower surface of the outsole portion. The sidewalls are arranged at non-perpendicular angles to the upper surface. A first outsole portion has a pressure-versus-strain curve having a local maximum at a 'trip point' pressure value and a first strain value and wherein the pressure-versus-strain curve has a change in strain of at least approximately 10% before a second occurrence of the 'trip point' pressure value is reached. An article of footwear having the sole structure attached to an upper is also provided.

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Portland, OR, United States of America

Camden D Stanke