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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Kevin Crowley, Ii, Newbury, MA (US);
David M. Nau, Wayland, MA (US);
James Cheney, Northboro, MA (US);
Nicholas W. Wong, Lexington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Crowley, II, Newbury, MA (US);
David M. Nau, Wayland, MA (US);
James Cheney, Northboro, MA (US);
Nicholas W. Wong, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
SR Holdings, LLC, Lexington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 13/22 (2006.01); A43B 13/14 (2006.01); A43B 1/00 (2006.01); A43B 5/08 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 1/0009 (2013.01); A43B 1/0027 (2013.01); A43B 5/08 (2013.01); A43B 13/223 (2013.01); A43B 23/0225 (2013.01);
Abstract
An outsole for an article of footwear. The outsole includes an outsole body having a ground contact surface and defining grooves having a sinusoidal path along the ground contact surface. The grooves are arranged to provide an edge density of between about 40 mm/cm2 and about 200 mm/cm2 and a surface contact ratio of between about 40% and about 95%.