Medially-Located Lateral Footwear Stabilizer

    公开(公告)号:US20210267304A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-02

    申请号:US17177403

    申请日:2021-02-17

    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.

    Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear. The sole structure includes at least one support plate located on an underside of a midsole on a medial forefoot side of the midsole and extending from a medial edge of the midsole to at least a longitudinal center line of the midsole, wherein a lateral edge of the plate is located medially of the lateral edge of the midsole. The support plate may contain at least one sipe or groove extending laterally across the midsole to provide flexibility in a forefoot-to-heel direction of the midsole. The support plate may contain at least one rail.

    FOOTWEAR SOLE STRUCTURE WITH NONLINEAR BENDING STIFFNESS

    公开(公告)号:US20200008519A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-09

    申请号:US16574681

    申请日:2019-09-18

    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.

    Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear comprises a sole plate that has a forefoot region, and a stiffness enhancing assembly disposed in the forefoot region of the sole plate. The stiffness enhancing assembly further comprises a compression member disposed at a foot-facing side of the sole plate, and a tensile member disposed at an opposite side of the sole plate from the compression member. The tensile member is spaced apart from the compression member by a first distance in a first portion of a flexion range during dorsiflexion of the sole structure, and interferes with the compression member during a second portion of the flexion range that includes flex angles greater than in the first portion of the flexion range.

    Sole structure for an article of footwear having grooves and a flex control insert with ribs

    公开(公告)号:US10660400B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-26

    申请号:US15676127

    申请日:2017-08-14

    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.

    Abstract: A sole structure includes a sole plate having a foot-facing surface with a forefoot portion, and a ground-facing surface opposite from the foot-facing surface. The sole plate includes a plurality of grooves extending transversely relative to a longitudinal axis of the sole plate, in the forefoot region of the foot-facing surface. A flex control insert includes an upper surface, and a lower surface opposite the upper surface. The flex control insert includes a plurality of ribs protruding from the lower surface of the flex control insert, which extend transversely relative to the longitudinal axis of the sole plate. Each one of ribs is disposed within a different respective one of the grooves. The ribs are strong in compression, and maintain their volume to resist compression by the grooves as the sole plate flexes in a longitudinal direction to increase the bending stiffness of the sole plate.

    FOOTWEAR SOLE ASSEMBLY WITH INSERT PLATE AND NONLINEAR BENDING STIFFNESS

    公开(公告)号:US20170079375A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-23

    申请号:US15266647

    申请日:2016-09-15

    Applicant: Nike, Inc.

    Abstract: A sole assembly for an article of footwear comprises a sole plate with a foot-facing surface with a recess disposed in the foot-facing surface. An insert plate is disposed in the recess. A length of the insert plate between anterior and posterior ends of the insert plate is less than a length of the recess. The insert plate flexes free of compressive loading by the sole plate when a forefoot portion of the sole assembly is dorsiflexed in a first portion of a flexion range, and operatively engages with the sole plate when the forefoot portion is dorsiflexed in a second portion of the flexion range that includes flex angles greater than in the first portion of the flexion range. The sole assembly is dorsiflexed, for example, when the forefoot portion is flexed in accordance with toes bending toward the top of the foot.

    Medially-located lateral footwear stabilizer

    公开(公告)号:US11910878B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-27

    申请号:US18193201

    申请日:2023-03-30

    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.

    CPC classification number: A43B7/24 A43B7/1425 A43B13/026

    Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear. The sole structure includes at least one support plate located on an underside of a midsole on a medial forefoot side of the midsole and extending from a medial edge of the midsole to at least a longitudinal center line of the midsole, wherein a lateral edge of the plate is located medially of the lateral edge of the midsole. The support plate may contain at least one sipe or groove extending laterally across the midsole to provide flexibility in a forefoot-to-heel direction of the midsole. The support plate may contain at least one rail.

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