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US 2001/0022041 A1Published application
Torsion system for an article of footwear
Assigneeadidas International B.V.
InventorJEFFREY E. GEBHARD
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Abstract
An article of footwear includes a torsion system constructed of a material and configured to allow, in a pre-selected manner, rotation of a forefoot portion of the article of footwear relative to a rearfoot portion of the article of footwear about a longitudinal axis of the article while substantially precluding bending in an intermediate portion thereof.
Claims25
A torsion system for an article of footwear, the torsion system including a longitudinal axis and comprising:
- a forefoot portion;
- a rearfoot portion;
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- an intermediate portion coupling the forefoot portion and the rearfoot portion, and constructed of a material and configured to allow, in a pre-selected manner, rotation of the forefoot portion relative to the rearfoot portion about the longitudinal axis.
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An article of footwear including a torsion system, comprising:
- a sole plate rigid in a horizontal plane and including a longitudinal axis, the sole plate comprising:
- a forefoot portion;
- a rearfoot portion;
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- an intermediate portion coupling the forefoot portion and the rearfoot portion and constructed of a material and configured to allow, in a pre-selected manner, rotation of the forefoot portion relative to the rearfoot portion about the longitudinal axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.