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

    申请人: NIKE, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A43B13/22 A43B13/12

    摘要: 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.

    Footwear uppers and other textile components including reinforced and abutting edge joint seams

    公开(公告)号:US10694815B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-30

    申请号:US15802953

    申请日:2017-11-03

    申请人: NIKE, Inc.

    发明人: Thomas G. Bell

    摘要: Textile Components, such as upper members for articles of footwear, include: (a) a first portion having a first edge, wherein the first edge includes a first portion of material engaged with a first seam support material via a first thermoplastic material; (b) a second portion having a second edge, wherein the second edge includes a second portion of material engaged with a second seam support material via a second thermoplastic material; and (c) structure to engage the first and second edges in an abutting edge joint (such as a zig-zag stitch). The resulting textile components may be lightweight and breathable (e.g., due to use of lightweight upper fabric), having a comfortable fit (e.g., due to the abutting edge joint), while still providing a strong, stable, and durable construction (e.g., due to the presence of the seam support member(s)).