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US 12,653,273 B2Granted
Article of footwear for soccer
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsJohn Droege, Paul Hooper, Tetsuya T. Minami, Morgan Stauffer
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Abstract
An article of footwear has a sole including a toe portion and a heel portion, a toe bumper disposed on the toe portion, the toe bumper being configured to contact a ball, and a heel bumper disposed on the heel portion, the heel bumper being configured to contact the ball, wherein at least one of the toe bumper and the heel bumper has an asymmetric shape.
Claims10
An article of footwear, comprising:
- a forefoot region, a heel region, and a mid-foot region disposed between the heel region and forefoot region;
- an upper;
- and
- a sole system having a bottom surface extending continuously from the forefoot region to the heel region, at least a portion of the bottom surface configured to contact a ground surface, the bottom surface including:
- a first V-shaped slot portion and a second V-shaped slot portion separated by a separating portion, wherein the first and second V-shaped slot portions and the separating portion form a continuous recessed periphery portion of the bottom surface and a portion of the upper is exposed through the first and second V-shaped slot portions;
- one or more cleats disposed on the bottom surface in the forefoot region and the bottom surface in the heel region, wherein the one or more cleats comprises:
- a plurality of cleats having a first size disposed in the forefoot region and the heel region;
- and
- a plurality of cleats having a second size disposed in the forefoot region and the heel region, wherein the mid-foot region is free of both the plurality of cleats having the first size and the plurality of cleats having the second size from a medial portion to a lateral portion;
- and
- a central trapping portion disposed on the bottom surface having a circular configuration surrounded by the one or more cleats, wherein the one or more cleats are not within a periphery of a circumference of the central trapping portion, wherein the central trapping portion is disposed towards the upper.
8 more elements
An article of footwear, comprising:
- an upper;
- and
- a sole system having a bottom surface configured to contact a ground surface, the bottom surface comprising:
- a forefoot portion;
- a mid-foot portion;
- a heel portion;
- an arch portion;
- a medial portion,
- a lateral portion, wherein the forefoot portion, the heel portion, and the arch portion form a continuous portion of the bottom surface, the arch portion including at least a first V-shaped slot portion and a second V-shaped slot portion separated by a separating portion, wherein the first and second V-shaped slot portions and the separating portion form a continuous recessed periphery portion of the bottom surface and a portion of the upper is exposed through the first and second V-shaped slot portions;
- a plurality of small cleats disposed in the forefoot portion and the heel portion;
- a plurality of large cleats disposed in the forefoot portion and the heel portion, wherein the mid-foot portion is free of both the plurality of small cleats and the plurality of large cleats from the medial portion to the lateral portion;
- and
- at least one central trapping portion having a circular configuration disposed in the forefoot portion, the at least one central trapping portion including a circumference surrounded by the plurality of small cleats and the plurality of large cleats, wherein the circumference does not extend beyond a periphery of the plurality of small cleats and the plurality of large cleats, wherein the at least one central trapping portion extends towards the upper.
10 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.