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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2015
Adidas Ag, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Robert Frank Kirk, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Daniel Stephen Price, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Harald Körger, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Constantin Zwick, Herzogenaurach, DE;
John Whiteman, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Iain James Sabberton, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Peter Georg Laitenberger, Herzogenaurach, DE;
adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
Described are supporting elements for a shoe, in particular for soccer shoes or American football shoes, as well as a sole and a shoe with a supporting element. The supporting element includes a first bending stiffness for bendings from an initial unbent state up to an upper end of a threshold angle range, and a second bending stiffness for bendings beyond the upper end of the threshold angle range, wherein the second bending stiffness is greater than the first bending stiffness.