Footwear comprising rigid cage and variable padding element
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsCori Marble Steele, Joseph Thomas Broccoli-Hickey, Gillian Pinder, Nicole Schrier
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Abstract
Articles of footwear comprising a rigid cage coupled to a sole and comprising a plurality of openings formed in the cage, and a padding element disposed under the rigid cage and comprising a plurality of projections. The projections can each comprise an exterior protrusion extending from the exterior surface of the padding element and disposed within one of the openings in the rigid cage. The projections can each comprise an interior protrusion extending from an interior surface of the padding element. In some embodiments, the size and shape of the interior and/or exterior protrusions can be based on data from a foot scan map.
Claims19
An article of footwear, comprising:
- a sole;
- and
- an upper comprising:
- a textile layer,
- a rigid cage coupled to the sole along at least a portion of a bite line and comprising a plurality of openings formed in the cage, wherein at least a portion of an interior surface of the rigid cage overlaps an exterior surface of the textile layer, and
- a padding element disposed between the textile layer and the rigid cage, the padding element comprising:
- a base layer comprising an exterior surface facing the interior surface of the rigid cage, and an interior surface disposed opposite the exterior surface of the base layer and at least partially overlapping the exterior surface of the textile layer, and
- a plurality of projections, each of the plurality of projections comprising an exterior protrusion extending from the exterior surface of the base layer and disposed within one of the openings in the rigid cage, and an interior protrusion extending from the interior surface of the base layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.