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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2023
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Fanny Yung Ho, Portland, OR (US);
Guillermo Raffaele, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43D 8/18 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/14 (2006.01); A43B 13/32 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); A43D 8/02 (2006.01); D05B 37/04 (2006.01); D05B 81/00 (2006.01); D05C 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43D 8/18 (2013.01); A43B 13/125 (2013.01); A43B 13/14 (2013.01); A43B 13/32 (2013.01); A43B 23/0255 (2013.01); A43D 8/02 (2013.01); D05B 37/04 (2013.01); D05B 81/00 (2013.01); D05C 7/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a midsole for an article of footwear includes cutting a pattern of openings at least partway through a midsole with a cutting tool driven by an embroidery machine. An article of footwear includes a midsole defining a pattern of openings extending at least partway through the midsole. An inner surface of the midsole is contoured and the midsole includes upwardly-extending sidewalls. At least some of the openings extend relatively nonparallel with one another through the sidewalls and splay away from one another along longitudinal axes of the openings.