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US 12,527,378 B2Granted
Integrated footwear components and footwear comprising the same
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsStephen P. Dobson, Christian Manuel Arias Delgado, Niccolo Dambrosio, Theodore James Cotton, Keith A. Blume
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Abstract
Articles of footwear comprising movable components integrally formed with other parts of the footwear. The article of footwear can comprise a component integrally formed with an upper portion, a sole portion, or both, and connected to the upper portion or the sole portion at a hinged end. The component can comprise a second end opposite the hinged end that is attached to the upper portion or the sole portion at one or more connection points.
Claims14
An article of footwear, comprising:
- an upper portion;
- a sole portion connected to the upper portion, the sole portion comprising:
- a three-dimensional mesh comprising a plurality of interconnected unit cells, each interconnected unit cell comprising a plurality of unit cell struts defining a three-dimensional structure and a plurality of nodes at which one or more unit cell struts are connected;
- and
- a component integrally formed with the upper portion, the sole portion, or both and connected to one of the upper portion or the sole portion at a hinged end opposite a second end of the component,
- wherein the second end is at least partially formed with a second end surface, the second end surface attached to a surface of the one of the upper portion or the sole portion at a connection point, and
- wherein the second end is also fixed to the other one of the upper portion or the sole portion.
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An article of footwear, comprising:
- an upper portion;
- a sole portion connected to the upper portion;
- and
- a plurality of components integrally formed with the sole portion, and connected to the sole portion at a hinged end opposite a second end of the component that is attached to the sole portion at a connection point, wherein each component of the plurality of components is connected to another component of the plurality of components at a second connection point,
- wherein each component of the plurality of components is formed with a first connector that is connected to a second connector that is formed on a top surface of the sole portion, and wherein each component of the plurality of components is attached to a surface of the upper portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.