Fluid-filled chamber with a tensile element
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsJames C. Meschter, Danielle L. Taylor
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Abstract
A fluid-filled chamber, which may be incorporated into articles of footwear and other products, may include an outer barrier and a tensile element. The outer barrier may have a first portion, an opposite second portion, and an interior surface defining an interior void. The tensile element may be secured to the first portion of the outer barrier in a plurality of first bond areas and may be secured to the second portion of the outer barrier in a plurality of second bond areas. Each of the bond areas may be connected to portions of the tensile element spaced from the interior surface.
Claims20
A fluid-filled chamber comprising:
- a first barrier portion including a first surface;
- a second barrier portion including a second surface that opposes the first surface, the second barrier portion joined to the first barrier portion to form a chamber defining an interior void between the first surface and the second surface;
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- a tensile element disposed within the interior void and formed from a sheet of material having a first side and a second side disposed on an opposite side of the sheet of material than the first side, the tensile element being secured to the first surface of the first barrier portion at a plurality of first bond areas and at a plurality of second bond areas and being secured to the second surface of the second barrier portion at a plurality of third bond areas and at a plurality of fourth bond areas, the first bond areas having a different shape than the second bond areas and the third bond areas having a different shape than the fourth bond areas.
A fluid-filled chamber comprising:
- a first barrier portion including a first surface;
- a second barrier portion including a second surface that opposes the first surface, the second barrier portion joined to the first barrier portion to form a chamber defining an interior void between the first surface and the second surface;
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- a tensile element disposed within the interior void and formed from a sheet of material having a first side and a second side disposed on an opposite side of the sheet of material than the first side, the tensile element being secured to the first surface of the first barrier portion at a plurality of first bond areas and at a plurality of second bond areas, the first bond areas extending along a first axis in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the chamber with at least one first bond area of the first bond areas being rotated relative to adjacent first bond areas of the first bond areas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.