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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2013
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Dennis D. Bunnell, Vancouver, WA (US);
Michael Hughes, Beaverton, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A sole structure may include a protected region at least partially defined by side walls of one or more sole structure features. The sole structure may further include indicial features formed in the protected region. The indicial features may have shapes of information-conveying indicia. A sole structure master corresponding to the sole structure may have indicial elements corresponding to the indicial features in a master indicial region corresponding to the protected region. A mold corresponding to the sole structure may have indicial elements corresponding to the indicial features in a mold indicial region corresponding to the protected region. A sole structure master modeling a sole structure may have textures formed on one or more surfaces by a laser.