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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:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
May. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
David W. Becker, Beaverton, OR (US);
Constantino Dendena, Pavia, IT;
Kenneth Link, Portland, OR (US);
Peter R. Savage, Aloha, OR (US);
Michael Steen, Portland, OR (US);
Nico Tseng, Taichung, TW;
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An article of footwear with an outer member including slots that increase flexibility is disclosed. The outer member also includes an inner plate including a set of protective strips. The inner plate is disposed along an inner surface of the outer member so that the protective strips are aligned with and cover the slots in the outer member.