Articles of footwear
AssigneeSR Holdings, LLC
InventorsKevin J. Crowley, David M. Nau, James Cheney, Matthew R. Clerc
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Abstract
A sole assembly for an article of footwear includes a sole assembly, optionally including an outsole and a midsole adjacent outsole. The sole assembly and/or its components can include a heel portion that defines a void. First and second inserts can be located in the void, adjacent one another. The first and second inserts are movable and/or slideable relative to one another. This construction can attenuate vibration and shock imparted to the outsole and subsequently transferred to a wearer of the footwear.
Claims20
A footwear construction comprising:
- an upper;
- an outsole;
- a midsole joined with the outsole and located generally above the outsole, the midsole including a heel portion, the heel portion defining a midsole void;
- a first insert disposed in the midsole void, the first insert joined with the outsole;
- a second insert disposed in the midsole void, the second insert being disposed adjacent and generally contacting the first insert, the first and second inserts being movable relative to one another,
- whereby vibration imparted to the outsole and transferred to at least one of the first insert and the second insert is impaired or prevented from being transferred to the other of the first insert and the second insert, and ultimately to a foot of a wearer of the footwear construction.
A footwear construction comprising:
- an upper;
- a sole assembly including a heel portion and defining a void substantially only in the heel portion;
- a first insert disposed in the void, the first insert including a first surface;
- a second insert disposed in the void, the second insert including a second surface, the second insert being disposed adjacent the first insert so that the first surface contacts the second surface, the first surface and second surface slideable relative to one another whereby vibration imparted to the sole assembly is impaired or prevented from being transferred to at least one of the first insert and the second insert and ultimately to a foot of a wearer of the footwear construction.
A footwear construction comprising:
- an upper;
- an outsole;
- a midsole joined with the outsole and located generally above the outsole, the midsole including a heel portion, the heel portion defining a midsole void;
- a first insert disposed in the midsole void, the first insert including a first surface;
- a second insert disposed in the midsole void, the second insert including a second surface, the second insert being disposed adjacent the first insert, so that the first surface contacts the second surface, the first surface and second surface movable relative to one another,
- whereby vibration imparted to the sole assembly is impaired or prevented from being transferred to at least one of the first insert and the second insert and ultimately to a foot of a wearer of the footwear construction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.