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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2022
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Ryan P. Callahan, Portland, OR (US);
Jeremy L. Connell, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Carrie L. Davis, Portland, OR (US);
Windra Fahmi, Beaverton, OR (US);
Gjermund Haugbro, Beaverton, OR (US);
Fiona L. Lesecq, Portland, OR (US);
Jason R. Meeker, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Benjamin Stewart, Beaverton, OR (US);
Dylan S. Van Atta, Portland, OR (US);
Darlan Zacharia, Beaverton, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A strobel for an article of footwear includes a polymeric bladder defining an interior cavity and configured to retain a fluid in the interior cavity. The polymeric bladder has a peripheral flange extending around at least a portion of a perimeter of the interior cavity. A first bond secures opposing inner surfaces of the polymeric bladder to one another and extends transversely inward from a medial side of the peripheral flange only partway transversely across the interior cavity. A second bond is rearward of the first bond. The second bond extends transversely inward from a lateral side of the peripheral flange only partway transversely across the interior cavity. A tensile component is disposed in the interior cavity. An outer edge of the tensile component extends transversely inward at and borders a perimeter of the first bond and a perimeter of the second bond.