Golf shoes and methods for manufacturing golf shoes
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsJean-Marie Bidal, Keith M. Duffy, Robert S. Bento
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Abstract
An article of footwear comprising an upper component; a footbed provided within the upper component; an insole component extending under the upper component; a midsole component comprising a midsole material; and an outsole component. The insole component and/or the outsole component may comprise one or more surface features configured to mechanically interlock the insole component and/or the outsole component with the midsole component. The midsole material may be configured to extend through the one or more surface features to interlace a portion of the midsole component with the insole component and/or the outsole component.
Claims19
An article of footwear comprising:
- an upper component;
- a footbed provided within the upper component;
- an insole component extending under the upper component;
- a midsole component comprising a midsole material;
- and
- an outsole component comprising a different type of material than the midsole component,
- wherein the insole component and the outsole component comprise one or more surface features configured to mechanically interlock with the midsole component, wherein the one or more surface features include (i) a first set of surface features arranged across or along a lower surface of the insole component and (ii) a second set of surface features protruding from an upper surface of the outsole component, wherein the second set of surface features is arranged across or along the upper surface of the outsole component in a staggered configuration,
- wherein the midsole material is configured to extend through the first set of surface features and the second set of surface features to interlace an upper portion of the midsole component with the insole component and a lower portion of the midsole component with the outsole component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.