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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2022
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Diya Bandyopadhyay, Portland, OR (US);
Narayanan Ashwin Kumar Bharadwaj, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Yihua Chang, Portland, OR (US);
Christopher J. Dimitriou, Portland, OR (US);
Nancy D. Eisenmenger, Portland, OR (US);
Sharon Oba, Beaverton, OR (US);
Richard L. Watkins, Portland, OR (US);
NIKE, INC., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
Airsoles or bladders for articles of footwear comprising multi-layered films are provided herein. In one aspect, the airsoles or bladders comprise a first sheet and a second sheet, wherein a first side of the first sheet faces a second side of the second sheet, wherein the first sheet and the second sheet are bonded together to form an internal cavity in a space between the first side of the first sheet and the second side of the second sheet, forming a bladder capable of retaining a gas in the internal cavity at a pressure above atmospheric pressure, at atmospheric pressure, or below atmospheric pressure; and wherein each of the first sheet and the second sheet comprise a multi-layered film comprising: a core region comprising at least 20 gas barrier layers and a plurality of elastomeric layers, wherein the gas-barrier layers alternate with the elastomeric layers.