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US 2025/0228331 A1Published application
Footwear with transformable sole system
OwnerStella Ryan, Jeffery Ryaninventors
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for transforming footwear. A footwear system includes one or more portions configured in a first profile. The footwear system includes one or more sensors configured to generate a value based on a surface in contact with at least one of the one or more portions. The footwear system includes an actuator configured to change, responsive to determining that the value satisfies a profile configuration condition, a configuration of the one or more portions from the first profile to a second profile in accordance with the surface.
Claims8
A footwear system comprising:
- one or more portions including an outsole configured in a first profile, the one or more portions comprising an electroactive polymer;
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- an electrical actuator configured to apply a varying electrical current to the electroactive polymer of the one or more portions to transform the electroactive polymer to change a configuration of the one or more portions from the first profile to a second profile,
- wherein the one or more portions configured in the first profile includes one or more protrusions extending from the outsole at a first length, and wherein the one or more portions configured in the second profile includes the one or more protrusions extending from the outsole at a second length.
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