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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2016
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Arick Auyang, Portland, OR (US);
Gregory R. Leedy, Milwaukie, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
An article of footwear is provided and includes an upper, an outsole, and a midsole. The outsole includes a ground-engaging surface and an inner surface. The midsole has a footbed, a bottom surface, and a series of channels extending therethrough. The bottom surface opposes the inner surface to define a cavity therebetween. The article of footwear also includes a series of pins each having a post extending through corresponding ones of the series of channels between a first end and a second end. The first end extends into the cavity outward from the bottom surface of the midsole and the second end extends into the interior void outward from the footbed of the midsole. The article of footwear also includes a resilient member that engages the first end of each of the series of pins and biases the series of pins toward the interior void.