Nike, Inc.

Derek Kuo

Randall S Wolfe

Thea Moshofsky

Yong S Lee

Michael Jones

Michael F Joubert

Yen Lin Lee

Hugo Lin

Dawei Wang

A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a midsole having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a peripheral surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bottom surface includes a recess defining a first opening in the peripheral surface. The sole structure for an article of footwear also includes an insert disposed within the recess and including a first material having a first gloss unit value and a second material disposed on an outer surface of the first material and having a second gloss unit value. The second material is at least partially disposed within the first opening.

Sole structure for an article of footwear

Aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods that employ a press pad for forming shoe parts, or subassemblies, for example a sole subassembly. The adaptive pad may conform to a topography of a pattern of recesses of a shoe part and provide sufficient rigidity to facilitate formation of a bond during pressing of the one or more shoe parts to form the sole subassembly.

Press pad for assembling parts of a shoe

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Beaverton, OR, United States of America

Derek Kuo