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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2019
New Balance Athletics, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Robert Lee Ashcroft, Chorlton, GB;
Lee Blackwell, Wettenhall, GB;
Matt Bullock, Heswall, GB;
Bryan Decker Gothie, Sudbury, MA (US);
Timothy Kelvin Robinson, Arlington, MA (US);
Stephen Bradford Shepard, Nashua, NH (US);
Michael Nelson White, Lawrence, MA (US);
John Robert Whiteman, Belmont, MA (US);
New Balance Athletics, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to articles of footwear having traction elements, and systems and methods for manufacturing same. An example shoe includes an upper and a sole plate, the sole plate including a lower surface adapted for ground contact having a first sole portion including first traction elements, the first traction elements having a distal end and a side wall with extensions extending from a central core, and a second sole portion including second traction elements, the second traction elements having at least one geometrical feature differing in one or more aspects from a corresponding geometrical feature of the first traction elements.