Sole With Projections and Article of Footwear
AssigneeReebok International Ltd.
InventorsWilliam MARVIN, Matthew Montross, Ricardo Vestuti, Henry Hardigan
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Abstract
A sole for an article of footwear includes a base having an outer edge defining a perimeter, the base having a forefoot portion, a midfoot portion and a heel portion; and a plurality of resilient projections extending from the base, wherein the plurality of projections includes a plurality of projections extending non-orthogonally from the base about the perimeter of the base and a plurality of projections extending substantially orthogonally from the base within the non-orthogonal projections.
Claims37
A sole for an article of footwear comprising:
- a base having an outer edge defining a perimeter, the base having a forefoot portion, a midfoot portion and a heel portion;
- and
- a plurality of resilient projections extending from the base,
- wherein the plurality of projections includes a plurality of projections extending non-orthogonally from the base about the perimeter of the base and a plurality of projections extending substantially orthogonally from the base within the non-orthogonal projections.
A sole for an article of footwear, comprising:
- a base having an outer edge defining a perimeter, the base having a forefoot portion, a midfoot portion and a heel portion;
- and
- a plurality of resilient outer projections extending from the base about the perimeter, each outer projection having a central axis;
- and
- a plurality of resilient inner projections extending from the base within the outer projections, each inner projection having a central axis,
- wherein the central axes of the plurality of inner projections are substantially parallel, and wherein the central axes of the plurality of outer projections are non-parallel with the central axes of the plurality of inner projections.
A sole for an article of footwear comprising:
- a base having an outer edge defining a perimeter, the base having a forefoot portion, a midfoot portion and a heel portion;
- and
- a plurality of foam projections extending from the base, each projection having a sidewall and a bottom surface,
- wherein a portion of the sidewall of a plurality of projections forms a continuous surface with the outer edge of the base, and
- wherein the plurality of projections define spaces separating the projections such that the spaces comprise at least about 30% of the total area of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.