Sole for an article of footwear having regionally varied auxetic structures
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsTory M. Cross, Bryan N. Farris, Elizabeth Langvin
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Abstract
A sole for article of footwear includes a midsole component having an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface. A plurality of blind holes each extends from the outer surface toward the inner surface. The plurality of blind holes are arranged in an auxetic configuration in the outer surface. Each hole in the plurality of holes extends towards the inner surface. The plurality of blind holes is arranged in a pattern that provides a tunable performance characteristic. The patterns of blind holes vary between different regions of the midsole component to provide different types of responses in the different regions.
Claims6
A sole for article of footwear comprising:
- a midsole component having an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface;
- wherein the midsole component has a plurality of blind holes each extending from the outer surface toward the inner surface, and the plurality of blind holes is arranged in an auxetic configuration in the outer surface;
- and
- wherein the plurality of blind holes includes a first plurality of blind holes in a first region and a second plurality of blind holes in a second region, wherein the first plurality of blind holes has an attribute that is different than a similar attribute of the second plurality of blind holes to provide the first region with a performance characteristic that is different than the second region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.