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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Frederick J. Dojan, Vancouver, WA (US);
Matthew J. Holmes, Portland, OR (US);
Troy C. Lindner, Portland, OR (US);
Benjamin Nethongkome, Beaverton, OR (US);
Dolores S. Thompson, Beaverton, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure engaged with the upper. The sole structure includes a polymeric foam member for supporting an entire plantar surface of a wearer's foot, and this polymeric foam member is formed from a foam material having a density of less than 0.25 g/cm. The foam material forms an exposed side surface of the sole structure. The sole structure further includes a protective member engaged with the polymeric foam member to cover at least 60% of a surface area of a bottom surface of the polymeric foam member. This protective member constitutes a web base surface with traction elements extending downward therefrom, and a thickness of a majority of the web base surface at locations between the traction elements is less than 2 mm thick.