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Ladan Salari-Sharif

Christian Manuel Arias Delgado

Jacques Magloire Perrault

Iain Martin Hannah

Yuanjie Li

Zachary C Coonrod

Dustin Kendrick

Andrew Jacob Schneider

Blayne Hettinga

Shannon Pomeroy

Berin Skye B

Derek Andrew Luther

Keith Alexander Blume

Shoe

Soles for articles of footwear including a mechanically anisotropic three-dimensional mesh. The mechanically anisotropic three-dimensional mesh can include one or more mechanically anisotropic regions with a first lattice shear modulus measured in a first direction and a second lattice shear modulus measured in a second direction opposite to or orthogonal to the first direction. The first and second lattice shear moduli are different to provide the three-dimensional mesh with mechanically anisotropic properties. The mechanically anisotropic three-dimensional mesh can be three-dimensionally printed.

Footwear midsole with anisotropic mesh and methods of making the same

An article of footwear may include a sole and an upper connected to the sole. The sole may include a first solid component and a second solid component. The sole may further include an additively manufactured mesh component that is arranged between the first solid component and the second solid component. The mesh component may be connected to each of the first solid component and the second solid component.

Footwear and footwear components having a mesh component

Soles for an article of footwear with a three-dimensional mesh having a plurality of interconnected unit cells composed of one or more soft sub-cells and one or more stiff sub-cells. The arrangement of one or more soft sub-cells and one or more stiff sub-cells for the interconnected unit cells can provide the three-dimensional mesh with anisotropic properties, for example, anisotropic lattice shear moduli. In particular embodiments, the arrangement of soft sub-cells and stiff sub-cells for the unit cells can create a three-dimensional mesh predisposed to deform forwards when a sole including the three-dimensional mesh contacts the ground.

Footwear midsole with 3-D printed mesh having an anisotropic structure and methods of making the same

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