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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2023
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Jeremy L. Connell, Portland, OR (US);
Craig Fredrick, Portland, OR (US);
Jason R. Meeker, Portland, OR (US);
Chris Wilburn, Portland, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A bladder including a first barrier element having a first surface formed on a first side of the first barrier element and a second surface formed on an opposite side of the first barrier element than the first surface, a second barrier element having a third surface formed on a first side of the second barrier element and a fourth surface formed on an opposite side of the second barrier element than the third surface, and a peripheral seam joining the first barrier element and the second barrier element to define an interior void between the first surface and the third surface, the peripheral seam including a first segment extending along the bladder proximate to the second surface, a second segment extending along the bladder proximate to the fourth surface, and a third segment extending between and connecting the first segment and the second segment.