Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sole for an article of footwear having regionally varied auxetic structures
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Application No.: US16684114Application Date: 2019-11-14
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Publication No.: US11452331B2Publication Date: 2022-09-27
- Inventor: Tory M. Cross , Bryan N. Farris , Elizabeth Langvin
- Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OR Beaverton
- Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OR Beaverton
- Agency: Quinn IP Law
- Main IPC: A43B13/02
- IPC: A43B13/02 ; A43B13/12 ; A43B13/18 ; A43B13/14 ; A43B1/00 ; A43B3/00 ; A43B5/00 ; A43B13/28 ; A43B13/38

Abstract:
A sole for article of footwear includes a midsole component having an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface. A plurality of blind holes each extends from the outer surface toward the inner surface. The plurality of blind holes are arranged in an auxetic configuration in the outer surface. Each hole in the plurality of holes extends towards the inner surface. The plurality of blind holes is arranged in a pattern that provides a tunable performance characteristic. The patterns of blind holes vary between different regions of the midsole component to provide different types of responses in the different regions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200077738A1 SOLE FOR AN ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING REGIONALLY VARIED AUXETIC STRUCTURES Public/Granted day:2020-03-12
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