Under Armour, Inc.

Nike, Inc.

Other

Kevin Patrick Fallon

David Dombrow

Alan Guyan

Jason Berns

Kort Neumann

Tom White

F Grant Kovach

Thomas White

Michael Glancy

Evan Caruso

Brian D Baker

Alexandre Baudouin

Michael S Amos

Tucker H Fort

Perry W Auger

Mark A Oleson

Kirsten Jane Climer

Mari Lucero

Mark Cumiskey

Antonio Zea

Chris Laughman

Diaa Abbas

Yvonne Lin

Michael A Aveni

Alan Toronjo

Craig E Santos

John Acevedo

Tara Marie Marchionna

James Webster

Samuel J Hollenbach

Troy Hopkins

Vincent Chen

David Dirsa

Tara Machionna

Angela Ferg

A method of forming an upper for an article of footwear includes providing a first material layer over a shoe last, providing a second material layer over the first material layer such that the first and second material layers adhere to each other at an interface between the first and second material layers, where one or both of the first material layer and second material layer is provided by spray forming a polymer material onto the last. The material layers are removed from the last and turned inside out such that the first material layer includes an exposed surface that forms an exterior surface of the upper.

Method of forming an article of footwear

A running shoe and a flexion plate insert. An upper and an outsole together define an inner volume. A tensioning system selectively constricts the shoe. Trimmable traction formations project from the shoe outsole, and cuttable drainage plugs permit draining of water. A flexion plate exhibiting asymmetric flexion characteristics is selectively retained atop the outsole by engagement of an aperture in the flexion plate with a mounting plug retained within the shoe or by a removable first midsole. The mounting plug and the aperture have eccentric portions that are out of alignment when the flexion plate and the first midsole are aligned and that align when the first midsole and the flexion plate are disposed at a given, non-zero angle. The first midsole can be an upper midsole, and a second, lower midsole can be disposed in a facing relationship with the upper midsole with the flexion plate therebetween.

Trail running shoe and flexion plate insert for a trail running shoe

An article of footwear includes a sole structure and an upper attached to the sole structure. The upper is formed from a textile including interlocked strands oriented in a predetermined configuration. The strands include one or more inelastic strands operable to provide stretch and/or recovery properties to the upper.

Footwear including a textile upper

A textile upper for an article of footwear includes at least one microclimate modulation structure located at one or more regions of the upper. In an embodiment, a microclimate modulation structure includes a plurality of knitted strands, the knitted strands including a first strand type and a second strand type, the first strand type having a greater thermal conductivity than the second strand type. In another embodiment, the microclimate modulation structure includes an uneven surface that includes a plurality of knitted beams and a plurality of indentations defined between the knitted beams.

An article of footwear includes a sole and an upper that includes a heel end, a toe end, a medial side, and a lateral side. The upper defines a throat opening between the medial and lateral sides, and the sole and the upper jointly defining a foot cavity. The article of footwear further includes a support member extending from a first side of the article of footwear to a second side of the article of footwear, and an actuator fixedly attached to the support member at the first side of the article of footwear. A securing strap extends across the throat opening and has a first end operably connected to the actuator and a second end fixedly connected to the second side of the article of footwear.

Article of footwear having a harness system

An article of footwear includes an upper and an adjustable lacing system. The adjustable lacing system includes a plurality of fastener engaging elements located at the medial and lateral sides of the upper, where at least one of the medial side and the lateral side includes sets of fastener engaging elements. Each set of fastener engaging elements is distanced from another set in a direction transverse a lengthwise direction of the upper, and the fastener engaging elements are configured to engage with and retain a fastener structure that extends between the medial and lateral sides of the upper such that the fastener structure can be selectively engaged with different sets of fastener engaging elements to adjust a fit of the upper around a width of the foot disposed within the cavity.

Footwear including an adaptable and adjustable lacing system

A suit wearable by a human user includes a torso section, an arm section extending from an upper portion of the torso section, and a leg section extending from a lower portion of the torso section. An exterior surface region of the suit is uneven and has at least one of a different surface friction property and a different surface roughness property in relation to another exterior surface region of the suit.

Suit for athletic activities

An article of footwear includes an upper, a midsole connected to the upper, and an outsole connected to the midsole. The midsole includes a platform extending along a perimeter portion of the midsole and a lattice structure integrally formed with the platform, the lattice structure including a network of laths.

Shoe with lattice structure

An article of footwear includes an upper, a midsole connected to the upper, and an outsole connected to the midsole. The midsole includes a lattice structure comprising a network of laths forming a plurality of cell units, the plurality of cell units arranged in a plurality of layers on the midsole. The cell units in an upper layer are stacked upon the cell units in a lower layer and separated by a set of vertices common to cell units in both the upper layer and the lower layer.

Article of footwear having a heel fixing system

Sole structure

An article of footwear includes an upper, a midsole connected to the upper, and an outsole connected to the midsole. The midsole includes a lattice structure comprising a network of laths forming a plurality of cell units, the plurality of cell units arranged in a plurality of layers on the midsole. The midsole defines at least a first zone and a second zone wherein each cell unit in the first zone has a physical property that is substantially different from a cell unit in the second zone.

Knitted upper for an article of footwear

An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole coupled to the upper. The sole includes a platform and a lattice. The platform includes an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface. The lattice extends from the second surface of the platform. The lattice includes a plurality of laths forming a plurality of complete cell units and a plurality of incomplete cell units. Each lath has a longitudinal structure with a longitudinal axis and two ends. Each complete cell unit is defined by a plurality of complete laths and no incomplete laths. Each of the complete laths extends between two vertices of the complete cell unit. Each incomplete cell unit is defined by at least one incomplete lath. Each incomplete lath extends from one vertices and terminates without extending to another vertices.

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Kevin Patrick Fallon