Adidas Ag

Sam Jackson Conklin

Peter David Cauwood

Peter Georg Laitenberger

Keith Paul Thompson

Fionn Jonathan Corcoran-Tadd

Ian James Hennebery

Luke Alexander Lowrey

Benjamin William Kleiman

Matteo Edmond Padovani

Iain Hannah

Reuben Bligh

A sole structure for a shoe is provided with a regenerative midsole having an energy storage and release device is provided with a leaf spring assembly movable between a first unloaded position and a second loaded position. A locking linkage cooperates with the leaf spring assembly to lock the leaf spring assembly in the second loaded position. The locking linkage cooperates with the leaf spring assembly so that as the locking linkage is moved to a locked position, the leaf spring assembly is moved to the second loaded position. A trigger is connected to the locking linkage. Actuation of the locking linkage based on a wearer input releases the locking linkage to an unlocked position and allows the leaf spring assembly to move to the first unloaded position and thereby return stored energy to the wearer.

Energy storage and release sole structure

Articles of footwear and methods of making articles of footwear including one or more continuous threads wound around anchor points. The winding of the one or more continuous threads forms a thread pattern that imparts desired characteristics to components of the article of footwear. Thread lines of the thread pattern may be bonded together. In some embodiments, thread lines may be bonded with a bonding layer.

Articles of footwear with uppers comprising a wound component and methods of making the same

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Portland, OR, United States of America

Sam Jackson Conklin