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US 2017/0280823 A1Published application
Article of footwear with adaptive fit
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsElizabeth Langvin, Tetsuya T. Minami
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Abstract
An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole. The upper includes an attachment region and a bottom portion that is bounded by the attachment region. The sole defines a concave inner surface. The concave inner surface includes a peripheral surface region and a central surface region. The attachment region of the upper is attached to the peripheral surface region of the sole. The bottom portion is held in tension over the central surface region.
Claims20
An article of footwear, comprising:
- an upper including an attachment region and a bottom portion that is bounded by the attachment region;
- a sole defining a concave inner surface while in an unloaded state, the concave inner surface including a peripheral surface region and a central surface region;
- wherein the attachment region of the upper is attached to the peripheral surface region of the sole;
- and
- wherein the bottom portion of the upper is held in tension apart from the central surface region of the sole when the article of footwear is in the unloaded state.
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A sole, comprising:
- a lateral side and a medial side;
- an outer surface and an inner surface;
- the inner surface having a peripheral surface region and a central region bounded by the peripheral surface region;
- the outer surface having a convex shape in an unloaded state, and the inner surface having a concave shape in the unloaded state;
- and
- wherein in response to applying a load sufficient to deform the sole against the inner surface:
- a curvature of the inner surface is reduced;
- and
- a curvature of the outer surface is reduced.
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A method of manufacturing comprising:
- attaching an upper to a sole system, wherein attaching the upper to the sole system includes:
- placing a bottom portion of the upper in tension;
- and
- bonding the upper to the sole system while the bottom portion of the upper remains tensed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.