Moveable sensory elements in footwear soles

A sole system for an article of footwear, comprising:

• a sole member comprising an outwardly facing surface configured to interface with a ground surface, an inwardly facing surface, and a plurality of spaced apart first apertures extending though the sole member, between the inwardly facing surface and the outwardly facing surface, wherein the inwardly facing surface is recessed toward the outwardly facing surface from a raised region formed around a perimeter of the sole member, thereby defining a depression in the sole member;
• an inner member comprising a plurality of spaced apart second apertures extending through the inner member, wherein the inner member is disposed against the inwardly facing surface of the sole member, within the depression, such that each second aperture is aligned with a corresponding first aperture of the sole member;
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• a protruding member assembly comprising a plurality of protruding members that are interconnected by a plurality of connecting portions, wherein each connecting portion is sandwiched between the inwardly facing surface of the sole member and the inner member, and wherein each protruding member is vertically movable within a corresponding first aperture and second aperture.

An article of footwear comprising:

• a sole system comprising:
• a sole member comprising an outwardly facing surface, an inwardly facing surface, and a plurality of spaced apart first apertures extending though the sole member, between the inwardly facing surface and the outwardly facing surface, wherein the outwardly facing surface comprises a base surface and a network of interconnected slits that extend into the sole member from the base surface, toward the inwardly facing surface;
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• a protruding member assembly comprising a plurality of first protruding members that are interconnected by a plurality of connecting portions, wherein each connecting portion is received on the inwardly facing surface of the sole member, wherein each first protruding member is vertically movable within a corresponding first aperture of the plurality of spaced apart first apertures of the sole member, and wherein the network of interconnected slits are formed around and between adjacent first protruding members of the plurality of first protruding members such that the interconnected slits extend between adjacent rows of first protruding members and in between adjacent first protruding members within the same row, and wherein the slits are thin slits that are thinner than half a diameter of the first protruding members.