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US 10,292,450 B2Granted
Article of footwear having talonavicular support
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsShane S. Kohatsu, Paul J. Francis, Andrea M. Vinet, Michael S. Amos, Thomas Foxen, Lysandre Follet, Troy C. Lindner, John Hurd
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Abstract
An article of footwear includes a navicular support structure on a medial side. The navicular support structure includes a non-stretch, tensioned material that reduces an interior volume of the upper of the article of footwear and redirects applied forces from the midfoot region of the article of footwear to other regions, such as the forefoot region.
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An article of footwear comprising:
- a sole structure;
- an upper having a lateral side and a medial side;
- and
- a pre-sprung material located in an opening in the medial side of the upper and biased inward toward the lateral side of the upper, the opening being defined by a frame extending across the medial side of the upper,
- wherein, on the lateral side, the upper extends across a lateral-side lower region of the article from a heel region to a toe portion and, on the medial side, a medial-side lower region of the upper has a heel portion and a forefoot portion that are spaced apart by the pre-sprung material.
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An article of footwear having a medial-side talonavicular support member, comprising:
- an upper having a medial side and a lateral side;
- a sole structure;
- a frame that defines an opening, the frame having a sole frame portion and an upper frame portion;
- and
- a pre-sprung material positioned in the opening defined by the frame,
- wherein the sole frame portion extends from a first location on the medial side of the upper at a heel region, towards a centerline of the sole structure and back to a second location on the medial side of the upper, forming a first curved portion, the second location being closer to a toe region of the article than the first location,
- wherein the upper frame portion extends upwards from the first location, across a portion of the medial side of the upper towards the toe portion, and extends downward to the second location, forming a second curved portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.