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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
May. 26, 2021
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Lai Wa C. Ho, Beaverton, OR (US);
Jonathan Kosenick, Beaverton, OR (US);
Wil Sixour, Beaverton, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
An article of footwear includes a sole structure having a chassis and a bladder. The chassis includes a cavity and a plurality of pillars extending into the cavity. The bladder is disposed within the cavity and includes one or more chambers. Each of one or more chambers is supported by at least one of the pillars. The chassis may include a first plurality of the pillars extending from a first side of the cavity and a second plurality of the pillars extending towards the first plurality of the pillars from a second side of the cavity, whereby the bladder is supported between the first plurality of the pillars and the second plurality of the pillars. The one or more chambers of the bladder includes an interior chamber and a peripheral chamber at least partially surrounding the interior chamber and the peripheral chamber has a different pressure than the interior chamber.