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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:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Brian D. Baker, Portland, OR (US);
Thomas G. Bell, Portland, OR (US);
Daniel W. Peter, Portland, OR (US);
Blake Rhulen, Portland, OR (US);
Morgan Stauffer, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
Brian D. Baker, Portland, OR (US);
Thomas G. Bell, Portland, OR (US);
Daniel W. Peter, Portland, OR (US);
Blake Rhulen, Portland, OR (US);
Morgan Stauffer, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 5/00 (2006.01); A43B 23/00 (2006.01); A43B 5/02 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); A43C 11/14 (2006.01); A43C 11/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 5/025 (2013.01); A43B 23/0205 (2013.01); A43B 23/0235 (2013.01); A43C 11/1493 (2013.01); A43C 11/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
An article of footwear with a ball contacting member is disclosed. The ball contacting member enhances the ability of a wearer to kick a ball with a low trajectory. The ball contacting member can be attached to the article of footwear in various different ways.