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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventor:
Aaron A C Cooper, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 13/14 (2006.01); A43B 1/00 (2006.01); A43B 3/00 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 1/0009 (2013.01); A43B 3/0057 (2013.01); A43B 13/122 (2013.01); A43B 13/125 (2013.01); A43B 13/141 (2013.01);
Abstract
A midsole for an article of footwear is strategically incised or scored to produce various straight and arcuate lines. Straight lines are integrated widthwise between edges on an arch side on an outer side. Arcuate lines are integrated into various places at the top of a toe portion, with at least one extending down through a midpoint in a heel portion. The latter arcuate line maintains curvatures that parallel curvatures on the outer side at some places and the arch side at other places. Also crossing at the midpoint in the heel portion are intersecting lines.