Footwear sole structure with carrier and frame

A sole structure for an article of footwear, comprising:

• a carrier having a bottom side and a top side, the carrier comprising a portion located in a forefoot region of the sole structure, a portion located in a midfoot region of the sole structure, and a portion located in a heel region of the sole structure;
• and
• a frame attached to the carrier top side and comprising interconnected walls defining a plurality of cells, and wherein
• at least some of the cells are varied with respect to at least one of size, shape, alignment, and spacing, and at least some of the walls are varied with respect to wall height and wall thickness, so as to define one or more regions of increased stiffness in the frame and one or more regions of reduced stiffness in the frame,
• at least parts of the portions of the carrier extend under the cells, and
• the one or more regions of increased stiffness comprise a region of increased stiffness about multiple transverse axes, the region of increased stiffness about multiple transverse axes extending through forefoot and midfoot portions of the frame and comprising a first branch extending through a first metatarsal region, a second branch extending through a fifth metatarsal region, and a midfoot branch extending from a junction of the first and second branches and through the midfoot portion of the frame.