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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Collin K. Eder, Portland, OR (US);
Windra Fahmi, Beaverton, OR (US);
Sebastien Mermet, Creteil, FR;
Morgan Stauffer, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
Collin K. Eder, Portland, OR (US);
Windra Fahmi, Beaverton, OR (US);
Sebastien Mermet, Creteil, FR;
Morgan Stauffer, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A ball control portion for an article of footwear is disclosed. The ball control portion extends from a side to an underside of an article of footwear. The ball control portion includes a lattice with a plurality of protrusions arranged in a grid. The plurality of protrusions include multiple groups of protrusions arranged with one or more of different orientations, different types of protrusions, and different heights.