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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2023
Puma SE, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Matthias Hartmann, Forchheim, DE;
Reinhold Sussmann, Scheinfeld, DE;
Federico Casalegno, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hunmin Koh, Somerville, MA (US);
Yihyun Lim, Somerville, MA (US);
Yasaman Tahouni, Cambridge, MA (US);
Will Walker, Oakland, CA (US);
PUMA SE, Herzogenaurach, DE;
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure. The sole structure has a longitudinal extension in a longitudinal direction and a vertical extension in a vertical direction and defines a plurality of recesses that extend into the sole structure at least in a transverse direction. The plurality of recesses includes a first row of recesses arranged toward the upper and a second row of recesses arranged vertically below the first row of recesses. Each recess of the plurality of recesses has, without external forces on the sole structure, a peripheral contour forming a shape of a lemniscate when viewed in the transverse direction and are larger in a first direction that in a second direction. The sole structure is configured such that, when an external force is applied to the sole structure, the plurality of recesses collapse in a predetermined manner.