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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2022
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Hossein A. Baghdadi, Portland, OR (US);
Caleb W. Dyer, Beaverton, OR (US);
Myron Maurer, West Linn, OR (US);
Denis Schiller, Vancouver, WA (US);
Jeremy D. Walker, Portland, OR (US);
Zachary C. Wright, Beaverton, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to articles of footwear () and components thereof, including outsoles (), which can be used in conditions normally conducive to the accumulation of soil on the outsoles (). In particular, the disclosure relates to articles of footwear () and components thereof including an outsole () with a material () including a polymeric network formed of a plurality of polymer chains, where the material () defines external ground-facing surface or side of the outsole (). The outsoles () can prevent or reduce the accumulation of soil on the footwear () during wear on unpaved surfaces such as sporting fields.