US 12,582,195 B2 · Sole structure for article of footwear

Abstract

An article of footwear includes a sole structure having a chassis and a bladder. The chassis includes a cavity and a plurality of pillars extending into the cavity. The bladder is disposed within the cavity and includes one or more chambers. Each of one or more chambers is supported by at least one of the pillars. The chassis may include a first plurality of the pillars extending from a first side of the cavity and a second plurality of the pillars extending towards the first plurality of the pillars from a second side of the cavity, whereby the bladder is supported between the first plurality of the pillars and the second plurality of the pillars. The one or more chambers of the bladder includes an interior chamber and a peripheral chamber at least partially surrounding the interior chamber and the peripheral chamber has a different pressure than the interior chamber.

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Dependent claims

A sole structure for an article of footwear having an upper, the sole structure comprising:

a bladder including a peripheral chamber including a plurality of lobes extending around a periphery of the bladder;
and
a cradle surrounding at least a portion of the bladder and including:
an upper segment extending along one of a medial side of the sole structure and a lateral side of the sole structure and including a first projection;
and
a lower segment extending along the one of the medial side of the sole structure and the lateral side of the sole structure and including a second projection, the first projection and the second projection each defining a portion of a peripheral surface of the sole structure and extending along the one of the medial side of the sole structure and the lateral side of the sole structure and toward one another, spaced apart from one another, and each disposed between adjacent lobes of the plurality of lobes.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Sole structure for article of footwear

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