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US 12,599,196 B2Granted
Device for an article of footwear including a frame with a footwear plate
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsAustin J. Orand, Jan Raken, Aaron K. Seid, Richard Kristian Hansen, Kimberly A. Sokol
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Abstract
A device for an article of footwear includes a frame that has a footwear plate and an arced shield. The footwear plate is configured to extend at least partially along and under a sole of a wearer's foot. The arced shield is integral with the footwear plate and configured to extend transversely from the footwear plate at least partially over a superior portion of the wearer's foot.
Claims18
A device for an article of footwear comprising:
- a frame including:
- a footwear plate configured to extend at least partially along and under a sole of a wearer's foot;
- an arced shield integral with the footwear plate and configured to extend transversely from the footwear plate at least partially over a superior portion of the wearer's foot;
- and
- a joint connector operatively connected to and/or secured at a superior surface of the arced shield.
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A sole structure for an article of footwear comprising:
- a frame including a footwear plate configured to extend at least partially along and under a sole of a wearer's foot;
- a joint connector operatively connected to and/or secured at the frame;
- a midsole including a front midsole component and a rear midsole component pivotable relative to one another between a use position and an access position at a pivot axis extending transversely across a midfoot region of the sole structure, with the sole structure lifted at the pivot axis in the access position;
- wherein the footwear plate extends at least partially along the front midsole component;
- wherein the front midsole component includes a heel footbed that overlays the rear midsole component in the use position and is spaced apart from the rear midsole component in the access position;
- wherein a surface of the heel footbed defines a recess;
- and
- a magnet or magnetic material housed in the recess.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.