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US 2023/0143450 A1Published application
Footwear midsoles with bridge components
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsEdward PONOMAREV, Stephan Walter EMMENEGGER
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Abstract
An example article of footwear includes a forward midsole component, a rearward midsole component, and a bridge component mated with an outsole side of the forward midsole component and an outsole side of the rearward midsole component to permanently attach the forward midsole component and the rearward midsole component to form a midsole of the article of footwear.
Claims15
An article of footwear comprising:
- a forward midsole component;
- a rearward midsole component;
- a bridge component mated with an outsole side of the forward midsole component and an outsole side of the rearward midsole component to permanently attach the forward midsole component and the rearward midsole component to form a midsole of the article of footwear.
A method of manufacturing an article of footwear comprising:
- bonding a planar surface of a bridge component to an outsole;
- bonding a bottom of a first midsole component and a bottom of a second midsole component to the bridge component and to the outsole;
- bonding an upper to the first midsole component and the second midsole component.
A midsole comprising:
- forward and rearward midsole components;
- and
- upper and lower bridge components sandwiching adjacent ends of the forward and rearward midsole components;
- wherein the upper and lower bridge components are bonded to the forward and rearward midsole components;
- and
- wherein the upper and lower bridge components meet at a joint between the adjacent ends forward and rearward midsole components.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.