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US 8,418,382 B2Granted
Sole structure and article of footwear including same
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsCarl L. Madore, Nicole Mueller
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Abstract
A sole structure can include one or more ridge tractions elements. The ridge traction elements can be separated by one or more flexure zones. The sole structure can also include other types of traction elements.
Claims28
An article of footwear comprising:
- a sole structure, the sole structure including
- a flexure zone extending substantially across a forefoot region of the sole structure, the flexure zone forming a region of the sole structure more flexible than adjacent regions of the sole structure,
- a first ridge fraction element, wherein
- the first ridge traction element includes a first peripheral segment proximate and generally parallel to an edge of the sole structure in the forefoot region, the first peripheral segment having a substantially continuous height, and
- the first ridge traction element includes a first transverse segment extending across the sole structure away from the first peripheral segment and surrounded on both sides by adjacent portions of the sole structure, the first transverse segment having a height that decreases along its length as it extends away from the first peripheral segment, no portion of the first transverse segment having a height greater than the height of the first peripheral segment, and
- a second ridge traction element, wherein
- the first and second ridge traction elements are separated by the flexure zone, and
- the second ridge traction element includes a second peripheral segment proximate an edge of the sole structure in the forefoot region and a second transverse segment extending at an angle away from the second peripheral segment.
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An article of footwear comprising:
- a sole structure including
- a first ridge traction element, the first ridge traction element including a first peripheral segment proximate and generally parallel to one of a medial or lateral edge of the sole structure in the forefoot region, the first peripheral segment having a substantially continuous height, the first ridge fraction element including a first transverse segment extending across the sole structure away from the first peripheral segment and surrounded on both sides by adjacent portions of the sole structure, the first transverse segment terminating in a first free end without reaching the other of the medial or lateral edge, the first transverse segment having a height that decreases along its length as it extends away from the first peripheral segment, no portion of the first transverse segment having a height greater than the height of the first peripheral segment, and
- a second ridge traction element, the second ridge traction element including a second peripheral segment proximate the one of the medial or lateral edge of the sole structure in the forefoot region, the second peripheral segment located forward of the first peripheral segment, the second ridge traction element including a second transverse segment extending away from and at an angle to the second peripheral segment, the second transverse segment terminating in a second free end without reaching the other of the medial or lateral edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.