Adidas Ag

Adidas International Marketing B.v.

John Whiteman

Angus Wardlaw

Stuart David Reinhardt

Paul Leonard Michael Smith

Heiko Schlarb

James Tarrier

Timothy Kelvin Robinson

Darren Michael Wood

Tru Huu Minh Le

Gerd Rainer Manz

Jan Hill

Timothy David Lucas

Christopher Edward Holmes

Robert Leimer

Warren Freeman

Josh Robert Gordon

Sabrina Kerling

Barbara Niedner

Juergen Uedelhoven

Philipp Renner

Daniel Stephen Price

Iain James Sabberton

Peter Georg Laitenberger

Falk Bruns

Robert Frank Kirk

Constantin Zwick

Michel Reginald Lussier

Albert Gollhofer

Tru Le

Harald Körger

Brook Dion Athay

James Michael Tarrier

Improved soles for shoes, in particular for sports shoes, are described. A sole for a shoe, in particular a sports shoe, is provided, said sole having a cushioning element that includes randomly arranged particles of an expanded material and a control element. The control element is free from expanded material and reduces the shearing motions in a first region of the cushioning element compared to shearing motions in a second region of the cushioning element.

Sole for a shoe

Improved soles for shoes, in particular sports shoes, are described. A sole for a shoe, in particular a sports shoe, is provided that includes a midsole with randomly arranged particles of an expanded material. The sole further includes an element having a higher deformation stiffness in at least one direction than the expanded material. The material of the midsole at least partially surrounds the element.

Improved soles and insoles for shoes, in particular sports shoes, are described. In an aspect, a sole for a shoe, in particular a sports shoe, with at least a first and a second surface region is provided. The first surface region comprises expanded thermoplastic polyurethane ('TPU'). The second surface region is free from expanded TPU.

Soles for sports shoes

Describes are support elements for a sole of a shoe, in particular a sports shoe, a sole and a shoe with such a support element, as well as a method for the manufacture of a support element. As examples, the support element includes a first partial member formed of a first material, and a second partial member formed of a second material. The first partial member is mechanically joined to the second partial member in a connection region, wherein the connection region is configured to allow the first partial member to rotate or slide relative to the second partial member. The first partial member, the second partial member, and the connection region can be co-molded and joined together in a single fabricating step.

Co-molded 3D elements

Described are supporting elements for a shoe, in particular for soccer shoes or American football shoes, as well as a sole and a shoe with a supporting element. The supporting element includes a first bending stiffness for bendings from an initial unbent state up to an upper end of a threshold angle range, and a second bending stiffness for bendings beyond the upper end of the threshold angle range, wherein the second bending stiffness is greater than the first bending stiffness.

Supporting element for shoes

Shoe

The present invention relates to shoe, in particular a sports shoe. The shoe includes a sole plate having in a forefoot area a plurality of leaf spring elements, wherein the sole plate and the plurality of leaf spring elements are manufactured as a single piece. Each of the plurality of leaf spring elements has one free end not connected with the sole plate.

Shoe and sole

Soles for a shoe have a midsole with a base body and a plurality of deformation elements, and an outsole with a first outsole region and a plurality of first outsole elements. Pressure load on one first outsole element of the plurality of first outsole elements leads to a deformation of at least one of the plurality of deformation elements which are associated with the one first outsole element of the plurality of first outsole elements.

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