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US 11,696,620 B2Granted
Articles of footwear including sole structures and rand
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsIsaac Farr, Devon Frazier, Jeremy D. Walker, Zachary C. Wright
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are articles of footwear including an upper, a plate including a first polyolefin resin, and a rand are disclosed herein. The rand is coupled with the surface of the upper, the surface of the plate, or both. The rand is more flexible or less rigid than the plate. Methods of making articles of footwear are also provided.
Claims19
An article of footwear comprising:
- an upper;
- a plate comprising a first polyolefin resin, the plate having a first side and a second side and a perimeter, wherein the first side is configured to be ground-facing and ground-contacting, wherein a length of the plate is configured to extend from a toe region to a heel region of the article of footwear;
- and
- a rand comprising a rand polymeric material that is different from the first polyolefin resin;
- wherein the rand is operably coupled to at least a portion of the perimeter of the plate and at least a portion of the upper,
- wherein the first polyolefin resin comprises a resin composition comprising:
- a polypropylene copolymer which is a random copolymer of ethylene and propylene having an ethylene repeat unit content of 1 percent to 5 percent based on the total weight of the polypropylene copolymer;
- and
- an effective amount of a polymeric resin modifier is a copolymer comprising isotactic propylene repeat units and ethylene repeat units having an ethylene repeat unit content of 10 percent to 15 percent by weight based upon a total weight of the polymeric resin modifier, wherein the effective amount is 5 percent to 30 percent by weight based upon the total weight of the resin composition;
- and
- the rand polymeric material comprises a polystyrene, a polyethylene, an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer, an ethylene-propylene rubber (EPDM), a polybutene, a polyisobutylene, a poly-4-methylpent-1-ene, a polyisoprene, a polybutadiene, an ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymer, a copolymer thereof, or a blend or mixture thereof.
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