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US 12,648,614 B2Granted
Footwear
AssigneeAvoli, Inc.
InventorsMark Oleson, Richard Anguilla, Erik Hernandez, Eldon Jones, III, Samantha Noyes
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Abstract
Footwear comprises a sole assembly having a ground-contacting side, and an upper coupled to the sole assembly opposite the ground-contacting side. The upper defines a foot compartment configured to receive a wearer's foot. The sole assembly defines a plurality of sole-assembly vents that extend through the sole assembly and that are open both to the ground-contacting side and to the foot compartment of the upper.
Claims28
Footwear, comprising:
- a sole assembly having a ground-contacting side;
- an upper coupled to the sole assembly opposite the ground-contacting side and defining a foot compartment configured to receive a wearer's foot;
- and
- a sockliner positioned within the upper above the sole assembly, wherein the sockliner defines a plurality of sockliner vents extending through the sockliner, wherein the plurality of sockliner vents have a plurality of different sizes, wherein the plurality of sockliner vents comprises a first subset of larger sockliner vents and a second subset of smaller sockliner vents, and wherein the larger sockliner vents are larger than the smaller sockliner vents;
- wherein the footwear has a forefoot region, a heel region, and a midfoot region between the forefoot region and the heel region;
- wherein the sole assembly defines a plurality of sole-assembly vents extending through the sole assembly and open to the ground-contacting side and open to the foot compartment of the upper to provide direct and active ventilation to and from the foot compartment through the sole assembly;
- and
- wherein at least a subset of the first subset of the larger sockliner vents are vertically aligned with the plurality of sole-assembly vents.
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Footwear, comprising:
- a sole assembly having a ground-contacting side;
- an upper coupled to the sole assembly opposite the ground-contacting side and defining a foot compartment configured to receive a wearer's foot;
- and
- a sockliner positioned within the upper above the sole assembly, wherein the sockliner defines a plurality of sockliner vents extending through the sockliner, wherein the plurality of sockliner vents have a plurality of different sizes, wherein the plurality of sockliner vents comprises a first subset of larger sockliner vents and a second subset of smaller sockliner vents, and wherein the larger sockliner vents are larger than the smaller sockliner vents;
- wherein the footwear has a forefoot region, a heel region, and a midfoot region between the forefoot region and the heel region;
- wherein the sole assembly defines a plurality of sole-assembly vents extending through the sole assembly and open to the ground-contacting side and open to the foot compartment of the upper to provide direct and active ventilation to and from the foot compartment through the sole assembly;
- wherein at least a subset of the larger sockliner vents are concentrated above the plurality of sole-assembly vents, such that at least one larger sockliner vent of the first subset of the larger sockliner vents is vertically aligned with at least one sole-assembly vent of the plurality of sole-assembly vents at any given time.
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Footwear, comprising:
- a sole assembly having a ground-contacting side;
- an upper coupled to the sole assembly opposite the ground-contacting side and defining a foot compartment configured to receive a wearer's foot;
- and
- a sockliner positioned within the upper above the sole assembly, wherein the sockliner defines a plurality of sockliner vents extending through the sockliner, wherein the plurality of sockliner vents have a plurality of different sizes, wherein the plurality of sockliner vents comprises a first subset of larger sockliner vents and a second subset of smaller sockliner vents, and wherein the larger sockliner vents are larger than the smaller sockliner vents;
- wherein the footwear has a forefoot region, a heel region, and a midfoot region between the forefoot region and the heel region;
- wherein the sole assembly defines a plurality of sole-assembly vents extending through the sole assembly and open to the ground-contacting side and open to the foot compartment of the upper to provide direct and active ventilation to and from the foot compartment through the sole assembly;
- wherein the plurality of sockliner vents defines one or more clusters, each vertically centered at a respective sole-assembly vent;
- and
- wherein a greatest concentration of sockliner vents of the plurality of sockliner vents is disposed at portions of the sockliner that are vertically aligned with a respective sole-assembly vent when the sockliner is installed in a default position, and wherein the sockliner vents of the plurality of sockliner vents are less concentrated at portions of the sockliner that are adjacent to, but not directly overlapping, the plurality of sole-assembly vents when the sockliner is installed within the footwear.
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Footwear, comprising:
- a sole assembly having a ground-contacting side;
- and
- an upper coupled to the sole assembly opposite the ground-contacting side and defining a foot compartment configured to receive a wearer's foot;
- wherein the footwear has a forefoot region, a heel region, and a midfoot region between the forefoot region and the heel region;
- wherein the sole assembly defines a plurality of sole-assembly vents extending through the sole assembly and open to the ground-contacting side and open to the foot compartment of the upper to provide direct and active ventilation to and from the foot compartment through the sole assembly;
- and
- wherein the sole assembly comprises:
- an outsole that defines the ground-contacting side;
- a midsole positioned above the outsole;
- and
- a moderator plate positioned within the midfoot region vertically above the midsole,
- wherein the moderator plate is more rigid than the midsole, wherein the moderator plate defines a plurality of moderator-plate vents, and wherein at least a subset of the moderator-plate vents is positioned vertically above at least one sole-assembly vent of the plurality of sole-assembly vents.
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Footwear, comprising:
- a sole assembly having a ground-contacting side;
- and
- an upper coupled to the sole assembly opposite the ground-contacting side and defining a foot compartment configured to receive a wearer's foot;
- wherein the footwear has a forefoot region, a heel region, and a midfoot region between the forefoot region and the heel region;
- wherein the sole assembly defines a plurality of sole-assembly vents extending through the sole assembly and open to the ground-contacting side and open to the foot compartment of the upper to provide direct and active ventilation to and from the foot compartment through the sole assembly;
- wherein the sole assembly comprises:
- an outsole that defines the ground-contacting side;
- and
- a midsole positioned above the outsole;
- wherein the plurality of sole-assembly vents comprises:
- a plurality of outsole vent-portions defined by the outsole;
- and
- a plurality of midsole vent-portions defined by the midsole and vertically aligned with the outsole vent-portions;
- and
- wherein the midsole vent-portions of the plurality of midsole vent-portions are wider toward the outsole than toward the foot compartment.
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