Nike, Inc.

Eric Steven Schindler

John F Swigart

Frederick J Dojan

Wade Flanagan

Jessica Small

Can Eldem

Levi J Patton

Ryan Nyberg

Thomas C Foxen

Troy C Lindner

Klaas Pieter Hazenberg

Fred G Fagergren

Lee D Peyton

Andrew Caine

Sebastien Mermet

Travis K Ernst

Zachary M Elder

Fidencio Campos, Ii

Dervin A James

Scott C Holt

Benjamin J Monfils

Eric L Fliss

Samuel Heinzman

Melanie N Moteberg

Mark C Miner

Tamimu A Shyllon

Robert W Dolan

Lisa M Hovey

Steve M Mathras

Bradley W Wilkins

Zvi Rapaport

Carrie Lynn Davis

Risha Dupre

Margarita L Cortez

Daniel William Peter

Camden D Stanke

Jeremy Gantz

Charles R Edwards

Devin Bailly

Stuart C Forstrom

Yuanmin Wang

Shaun Jeffrey Hensley

Michelle L Kvernmo

Adam Kohn

Risha Kelley

William Alan Brunais

Harry Lam Pham

Klaas P Hazenberg

Honam Ko

A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a forefoot region disposed adjacent an anterior end, a heel region disposed adjacent a posterior end, and a mid-foot region disposed intermediate the forefoot region and the heel region. The sole structure further includes fluid-filled bladder having a first segment extending along a medial side in the heel region, a second segment extending along a lateral side in the heel region, and a web area disposed between the first segment and the second segment. Additionally, the sole structure includes an outer sole member having an upper portion extending from a first end in the forefoot region to a second end in the heel region. The second end of the outer sole member is received on a first side of the web area. The outer sole member also includes a rib extending downwardly from the upper portion and defining a cavity.

Sole structure for article of footwear

An article of footwear has an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure includes a chamber that encloses a pressurized fluid. The chamber includes subchambers laterally extending in a medial to lateral direction of the bladder. A bottom surface of the chamber may include at least one bond that laterally extends across the bottom surface of the chamber from one side edge to another side edge of the chamber in the medial to lateral direction. The bond may cooperate with an indentation in the bottom surface that separates one subchamber from an adjacent subchamber. A diameter of the subchambers may decrease in a direction from a heel region of the bladder to a forefoot region of the chamber.

Article of footwear having a sole structure with a fluid-filled chamber

A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a midsole and a fluid-filled chamber. The midsole includes a plurality of projections. At least one of the plurality of projections forms a first portion of a peripheral side wall of the sole structure. The fluid-filled chamber includes a central portion, a plurality of lobes extending outward from the central portion, and a plurality of channels formed between the plurality of lobes. A first lobe of the plurality of lobes is disposed between at least two of the plurality of projections such that the first lobe forms a second portion of the peripheral side wall of the sole structure.

Sole structure of an article of footwear

An article of footwear may have an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure has a plurality of support elements, and each of the support elements include a shell and a core. The shell defines an interior void and is formed from a polymer material that extends around substantially all of the void. The core has a shape of the void and is located within the void, with at least a portion of the core being a polymer foam material. The polymer foam material of at least two of the support elements may have different densities.

Article of footwear incorporating foam-filled elements and methods for manufacturing the foam-filled elements

A bladder includes a first polymeric film, a second polymeric film attached to the first polymeric film to form a chamber, and one or more grooves formed in an exterior surface of the chamber. In one configuration, the grooves are formed in the exterior surface of the chamber by subjecting the chamber to a laser-etching process.

Laser etched article of footwear and related method

A sole structure for an article of footwear comprises a midsole including a polymeric bladder element enclosing a fluid-filled interior cavity, a first outsole component secured to a bottom surface and to a side surface of the polymeric bladder element, and a second outsole component. The first outsole component includes a first base, and a wall integral with the first base. The second outsole component includes a second base secured to the first base, and a wall integral with the second base and secured to the outer surface of the wall of the first outsole component. A method of manufacturing the article of footwear includes thermoforming the bladder element and the first outsole component, and securing the second outsole component to the first outsole component.

Article of footwear with first and second outsole components and method of manufacturing an article of footwear

A sole assembly for an article of footwear includes a midsole that is formed from at least a bladder and foam midsole component. The midsole has a ground facing surface and a sidewall, and the bladder meets the foam midsole at a component boundary on the sidewall. An etching extends into both the foam midsole and the bladder. The etched channel has a depth into the sidewall of between about 2 &#x3bc;m and about 1000 &#x3bc;m and continuously extends across the component boundary.

Post production laser modification of an article of footwear

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.

Footwear with sole structure incorporating lobed fluid-filled chamber with protruding end wall portions

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