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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Clayton Chambers, Portland, OR (US);
John Droege, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 13/14 (2006.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 3/00 (2006.01); A43B 5/00 (2006.01); A43B 13/02 (2006.01); A43B 13/04 (2006.01); A43B 13/08 (2006.01); A43B 13/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 13/141 (2013.01); A43B 3/0057 (2013.01); A43B 5/00 (2013.01); A43B 13/026 (2013.01); A43B 13/04 (2013.01); A43B 13/08 (2013.01); A43B 13/10 (2013.01); A43B 13/125 (2013.01); A43B 13/181 (2013.01); A43B 13/186 (2013.01); A43B 13/188 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sole structure for an article of footwear comprises a sole plate including a midfoot region and at least one of a forefoot region and a heel region. The sole plate has an undulating profile at a transverse cross-section of the sole plate. The undulating profile includes multiple waves each having a crest and a trough. The sole plate has ridges corresponding with the crest and the trough of each wave and extending longitudinally throughout the midfoot region and the at least one of a forefoot region and a heel region.