Fatigue resistant fluid containing cushioning device for articles of footwear
AssigneeRobert C. Bogert
InventorMarion Franklin Rudy
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Abstract
A structure forming part of a shoe comprising a sealed member of elastomeric material having a plurality of chambers containing a fluid, the chamber having a generally planar alignment, the plurality of chambers interconnected by a plurality of flexible sheets, wherein at least a portion of at least a plurality of the interconnecting sheets is oriented at an angle to the general plane of the chambers.
Claims11
A cushion structure forming part of a shoe comprising a sealed member of elastomeric material having a plurality of chambers containing a fluid, said plurality of chambers interconnected by uninflated flexible elastomeric sheets, wherein at least several of said interconnecting sheets are oriented at an angle when no load is applied to the cushion to a line passing between a center point of adjacent chambers.
A cushion structure forming part of a shoe comprising a sealed member of elastomeric material having a plurality of fluid filled chambers and uninflated elastomeric material regions interconnecting adjacent chambers, at least several of said elastomeric material regions have a first portion connected to a bottom half of a first adjacent chamber and a second portion connected to a top half of a second adjacent chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.