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Patent No.:

US 10952495 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2019

Reinforcing shank arrangement for footwear sole structure

Applicant:

Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);

Inventors:

Joseph Howley, Lake Oswego, OR (US);

Morgan Stauffer, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);

Attorneys:

Honigman LLP

Matthew H. Szalach

Jonathan P. O'Brien

Primary Examiner:

Marie D Bays

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 13/22 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/14 (2006.01); A43B 13/10 (2006.01); A43B 5/02 (2006.01); A43B 13/02 (2006.01); A43B 13/26 (2006.01); A43B 23/22 (2006.01); B29D 35/12 (2010.01); A43B 3/00 (2006.01); A43B 5/00 (2006.01); B29D 35/00 (2010.01); A43B 5/06 (2006.01); A43B 13/04 (2006.01); A43C 15/16 (2006.01); B29K 77/00 (2006.01); B29K 509/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 13/122 (2013.01); A43B 3/0036 (2013.01); A43B 5/00 (2013.01); A43B 5/002 (2013.01); A43B 5/02 (2013.01); A43B 5/06 (2013.01); A43B 13/026 (2013.01); A43B 13/04 (2013.01); A43B 13/10 (2013.01); A43B 13/14 (2013.01); A43B 13/141 (2013.01); A43B 13/26 (2013.01); A43B 23/22 (2013.01); A43B 23/227 (2013.01); A43C 15/167 (2013.01); B29D 35/0009 (2013.01); B29D 35/122 (2013.01); B29K 2077/00 (2013.01); B29K 2509/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

An article of footwear may include an upper configured to receive a foot and a sole component fixedly attached to a bottom portion of the upper. The sole component may include a baseplate having a bottom surface. The sole component may also include an arrangement of ground engaging members extending downward from the bottom surface of the baseplate. The baseplate may further include a reinforcing shank arrangement including a plurality of reinforcing strips formed of a different material than portions of the baseplate adjacent the reinforcing strips, wherein at least one of the reinforcing strips forms at least a portion of a base platform from which at least one of the ground engaging members extends.

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