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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
John Droege, Portland, OR (US);
Paul Hooper, Vancouver, WA (US);
Tetsuya T. Minami, Portland, OR (US);
Morgan Stauffer, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 5/02 (2006.01); A43B 13/14 (2006.01); A43B 13/22 (2006.01); A43C 11/00 (2006.01); A43C 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 5/025 (2013.01); A43B 5/02 (2013.01); A43B 13/141 (2013.01); A43B 13/223 (2013.01); A43C 11/002 (2013.01); A43C 15/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An article of footwear has a sole including a toe portion and a heel portion, a toe bumper disposed on the toe portion, the toe bumper being configured to contact a ball, and a heel bumper disposed on the heel portion, the heel bumper being configured to contact the ball, wherein at least one of the toe bumper and the heel bumper has an asymmetric shape.