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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2017
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Hossein A. Baghdadi, Portland, OR (US);
Caleb W. Dyer, Beaverton, OR (US);
John Hurd, Beaverton, OR (US);
Myron Maurer, West Linn, OR (US);
Denis Schiller, Vancouver, WA (US);
Michele Tosello, Portland, OR (US);
Jeremy D. Walker, Portland, OR (US);
Zachary C. Wright, Beaverton, OR (US);
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to articles and components thereof, including outsoles, which can be used in conditions normally conducive to the accumulation of soil. In particular, the disclosure relates to articles and components thereof with a material including a hydrogel, where the hydrogel-containing material defines an external surface or side of an article. The hydrogel-containing material can prevent or reduce the accumulation of soil during use. A portion of the hydrogel-containing material is embedded into a substrate body, or a portion of the hydrogel-containing material is disposed on the outer side surface of the substrate body in a junction. The substrate body can have a lip extending from a shaft such that the shaft and the lip form the junction. Embedding the material in the substrate body, or disposing it in the junction, can minimize or prevent delamination of the hydrogel containing material during normal use.