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AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsEric S. Schindler, Sebastien Mermet, Troy C. Lindner, Andrew Caine
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A fluid-filled chamber for an article of footwear and a method for manufacturing the chamber are disclosed. The chamber may be incorporated into a sole structure of the footwear and includes a central area and a plurality of lobes extending outward from the central area. The lobes are in fluid communication with the central area and are formed from a first surface, a second surface, and a sidewall. The sidewall joins with the first surface with the second surface to seal the fluid within the chamber, but no internal connections are generally utilized to join interior portions of the first surface with interior portions of the second surface. The fluid within the chamber may be air at a pressure that is approximately equal to an ambient pressure.
A fluid-filled chamber for an article of footwear, the chamber comprising a central area and a plurality of lobes extending outward from the central area, the central area and the lobes defining a first concave surface and an opposite second concave surface of the chamber.
A fluid-filled chamber for an article of footwear, the chamber comprising a central area and a plurality of lobes extending outward from the central area, the lobes including a first lobe and a second lobe that are adjacent to each other and define a space extending between the first lobe and the second lobe, a distance across the space and between the first lobe and the second lobe being greater proximal the central area than at distal ends of the first lobe and the second lobe.
A fluid-filled chamber for an article of footwear, the chamber comprising a first surface, a second surface, and a sidewall extending between the first surface and the second surface, the chamber defining a plurality of indentations extending inward from the sidewall, a width of at least one of the indentations being less at the sidewall than in an area that is spaced inward from the sidewall.
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