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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2023
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Jennifer L. Bishop, Portland, OR (US);
Timothy P. Hopkins, Tustin, CA (US);
Nicholas R. Long, Portland, OR (US);
Nadia M. Panian, Beaverton, OR (US);
Aaron K. Seid, Portland, OR (US);
Richard Kristian Hansen, Portland, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
An article of footwear includes an upper including a chamber, a compressible component disposed within the chamber and operable between a relaxed state and a constricted state, a sole structure including a recess forming a cavity, and a pump device disposed within the cavity and fluidly coupled to the chamber, the pump device operable to transition the compressible component from the relaxed state to the constricted state by removing fluid from the chamber.