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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2021
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Ami M. Davis, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Daniel J. Gearhardt, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Michelle Haines, Portland, OR (US);
George S. Kim, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Ryan J. Maddox, Portland, OR (US);
Austin J. Orand, Portland, OR (US);
Richard S. Ramsay, Portland, OR (US);
Sarah E. Sowers, Beaverton, OR (US);
Peter P. Williams, II, Portland, OR (US);
Patrick D. Boyd, Aloha, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
This disclosure is directed to articles of footwear with adjustable dimensions. More specifically, the articles of footwear disclosed herein include sole structures with adjustable dimensions. In some instances, an article of footwear includes one or more removable insert members configured for adjusting the dimensions of a foot-receiving cavity of the article of footwear. Additionally or alternatively, a sole structure can include one or more flexible portions that can move between compressed and expanded states to accommodate feet of various dimensions. To accommodate the adjustable dimensions of the sole structures, an upper of the article of footwear can be stretchable.