Footwear with jointed sole structure for ease of access

    公开(公告)号:US11185125B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-30

    申请号:US16718845

    申请日:2019-12-18

    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.

    Abstract: An article of footwear includes a sole structure that has a front midsole component and a rear midsole component. A connecting member connects the front midsole component to the rear midsole component. The connecting member defines a groove at a lower side of the sole structure between the front midsole component and the rear midsole component. The front midsole component and the rear midsole component are pivotable relative to one another at the groove between a use position and an access position. Confronting surfaces of the connecting member at the groove are closer to one another in the access position than in the use position so that the groove is relatively open in the use position, and the groove is relatively closed in the access position.

    SOLE STRUCTURE FOR ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200268106A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-27

    申请号:US16796061

    申请日:2020-02-20

    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.

    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure attached to the upper. The article of footwear also includes a cradle having a base extending between the upper and the sole structure, a first sidewall extending from the base and along a first side of the upper, and a second sidewall extending from the base along a second side of the upper, each of the first sidewall and the second sidewall including a plurality of eyelets. The article of footwear further includes a cable operable to move the upper between a relaxed state and a tightened state. The cable including a first strand extending through at least one of the eyelets of the first sidewall and a second strand extending through at least one of the eyelets of the second sidewall.

    Sole structures having multiple hardnesses and/or flex promoting structures

    公开(公告)号:US11553758B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-17

    申请号:US17145777

    申请日:2021-01-11

    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.

    Abstract: Footwear and sole structures include structures and properties, e.g., to support urban dance and urban dance moves. Such dance styles include various dance moves and movements that require contact between side edges of the wearer's shoes and the dance floor surface (e.g., made from concrete, asphalt, wood, etc.). Such dance styles also require transition of the body's center of mass along the edge(s) of the foot. Footwear and sole structures in accordance with this technology provide structures and properties to support to support such dance styles and moves, including one or more of: selected materials and/or selected material properties in various areas to promote sliding or gliding along various surfaces and/or other desired interactions with various surfaces; selected sizing and/or dimensional features of components in various areas; various flexion promoting structures and/or characteristics; etc.

    Sole structure for article of footwear

    公开(公告)号:US12121106B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US17841617

    申请日:2022-06-15

    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.

    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure attached to the upper. The article of footwear also includes a cradle having a base extending between the upper and the sole structure, a first sidewall extending from the base and along a first side of the upper, and a second sidewall extending from the base along a second side of the upper, each of the first sidewall and the second sidewall including a plurality of eyelets. The article of footwear further includes a cable operable to move the upper between a relaxed state and a tightened state. The cable including a first strand extending through at least one of the eyelets of the first sidewall and a second strand extending through at least one of the eyelets of the second sidewall.

    SOLE STRUCTURE FOR ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR

    公开(公告)号:US20220304420A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-29

    申请号:US17841617

    申请日:2022-06-15

    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.

    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure attached to the upper. The article of footwear also includes a cradle having a base extending between the upper and the sole structure, a first sidewall extending from the base and along a first side of the upper, and a second sidewall extending from the base along a second side of the upper, each of the first sidewall and the second sidewall including a plurality of eyelets. The article of footwear further includes a cable operable to move the upper between a relaxed state and a tightened state. The cable including a first strand extending through at least one of the eyelets of the first sidewall and a second strand extending through at least one of the eyelets of the second sidewall.

    Sole structure for article of footwear

    公开(公告)号:US11382389B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-12

    申请号:US16796061

    申请日:2020-02-20

    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.

    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure attached to the upper. The article of footwear also includes a cradle having a base extending between the upper and the sole structure, a first sidewall extending from the base and along a first side of the upper, and a second sidewall extending from the base along a second side of the upper, each of the first sidewall and the second sidewall including a plurality of eyelets. The article of footwear further includes a cable operable to move the upper between a relaxed state and a tightened state. The cable including a first strand extending through at least one of the eyelets of the first sidewall and a second strand extending through at least one of the eyelets of the second sidewall.

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