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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2023
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Zachary E. Hull, Portland, OR (US);
John A. Truax, Portland, OR (US);
Robert W. Dolan, Portland, OR (US);
Mark C. Miner, Portland, OR (US);
Angela N. Martin, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Robert C. Williams, Jr., Tigard, OR (US);
Karen S. Dimoff, Portland, OR (US);
Jekti Hadiati, Beaverton, OR (US);
Howard Banich, Portland, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A footwear sole structure may include a plurality of discrete hexagonally-shaped sole elements defined by a plurality of sipes. The sipes may include a plurality of sipes that extend in a transverse direction across the sole structure and a plurality of sipes that extend in an oblique direction relative to the transverse sipes. A plurality of sipes may also subdivide the hexagonally-shaped sole elements into one or more diamond-shaped sole element portions. The sole structure may include additional features such as non-hexagonal sole elements and lugs distributed across a bottom surface of the sole structure.