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US 12,369,684 B2Granted
Footwear midsole with lattice structure formed between platforms
AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.
InventorAlan Guyan
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Abstract
An article of footwear includes a midsole comprising a lattice structure including an upper side and a lower side. The lattice structure is comprised of a network of interconnected laths, the laths configured as parallel wave structures in multiple layers, wherein the wave structures in a first layer are transverse to the wave structures in a second layer. An upper is disposed above the midsole and an outsole is disposed below the midsole.
Claims19
An article of footwear comprising:
- a midsole including,
- a unitary lattice structure including an upper side and a lower side, wherein the upper side is a user-facing side and the lower side is a ground-facing side, the unitary lattice structure comprising a plurality of elongated cylindrical structures defined by a first width, wherein the plurality of elongated cylindrical structures are configured in multiple layers such that a first plurality of elongated cylindrical structures in a first layer are transverse to a second plurality of elongated cylindrical structures in a second layer, and
- an upper rim integrally formed with the unitary lattice structure, the upper rim extending around an upper perimeter defined on the upper side of the lattice structure with the lattice structure is exposed within the upper rim, the upper rim defined by a second width that is greater than the first width;
- an upper disposed above the midsole;
- and
- an outsole disposed below the midsole.
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An article of footwear comprising:
- a midsole including a lattice structure including an upper side and a lower side, the lattice structure comprised of a network of interconnected laths, the laths configured as parallel wave structures in multiple layers, wherein the wave structures in a first layer are transverse to the wave structures in a second layer;
- an upper disposed above the midsole;
- and
- an outsole disposed below the midsole.
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An article of footwear comprising:
- an upper;
- an outsole;
- a midsole positioned between the upper and the outsole, the midsole including a lattice structure including a network of laths, the lattice structure provided in a heel region of the midsole without extending to a forefoot region of the midsole, the network of laths including a plurality of interconnected integrally-formed laths connected at a plurality of nodes, wherein the laths are configured in multiple layers such that the laths in a first layer are transverse to the laths in a second layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.