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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2016
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Frederick J. Dojan, Beaverton, OR (US);
Matthew J. Holmes, Beaverton, OR (US);
Troy C. Lindner, Beaverton, OR (US);
Benjamin Nethongkome, Beaverton, OR (US);
Dolores S. Thompson, Beaverton, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
Sole structures for articles of footwear, including athletic footwear, include a sole structure having a relatively soft and lightweight foam midsole component partially covered by at least one more rigid and/or dense cage (protective) component(s) and/or other protective component(s). The sole structures may include a first portion configured to support at least a heel and midfoot area of a wearer's foot, and an exposed outer edge of this first portion may include a billows structure that extends continuously from a medical midfoot or forefoot area of the sole structure to a lateral midfoot or forefoot area. This billows structure may include fewer than five billow outer ridges connected by billow interstitial areas located between adjacent billow outer ridges. Billow thickness at a rear end of the first portion may be larger than the thickness at a front end of the first portion.