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Patent No.:

US 10986893 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2016

Footwear sole structure with compression grooves and nonlinear bending stiffness

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Dennis D. Bunnell, Vancouver, WA (US);

Bryan N. Farris, North Plains, OR (US);

Austin Orand, Portland, OR (US);

Alison Sheets-Singer, Portland, OR (US);

Aaron B. Weast, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Quinn IP Law

Primary Examiner:

Sharon M Prange

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 13/14 (2006.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/04 (2006.01); A43B 17/02 (2006.01); A43B 13/22 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); A43C 15/16 (2006.01); A43B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 13/141 (2013.01); A43B 13/04 (2013.01); A43B 13/12 (2013.01); A43B 13/127 (2013.01); A43B 13/181 (2013.01); A43B 13/186 (2013.01); A43B 13/188 (2013.01); A43B 13/223 (2013.01); A43B 17/02 (2013.01); A43B 23/026 (2013.01); A43B 23/028 (2013.01); A43C 15/16 (2013.01); A43B 5/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sole structure for an article of footwear comprises a sole plate that has a forefoot portion with a foot-facing surface. The sole plate has at least one groove extending at least partially transversely in the foot-facing surface. The at least one groove is open when the sole structure is dorsiflexed in a first portion of a flexion range, and closed when the sole structure is dorsiflexed in a second portion of the flexion range that includes flex angles greater than in the first portion of the flexion range.

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