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US 8,756,832 B2Granted
Article of footwear with multi-layered support assembly
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsEric S. Schindler, Fred G. Fagergren
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Abstract
An article of footwear including an upper and a sole assembly secured to the upper and including a support assembly having an upper member and a lower member spaced from the upper member. A first layer is positioned beneath and in contact with the upper member and has a wave shaped profile with a plurality of first wave crests and first wave troughs. A second layer is positioned above the lower member and has a wave shaped profile with a plurality of second wave crests and second wave troughs.
Claims11
An article of footwear comprising, in combination:
- an upper;
- and
- a sole assembly secured to the upper and including a support assembly comprising:
- a plurality of layers, each layer having a smooth arcuate wave profile, a plurality of wave crests, and a plurality of wave troughs;
- wherein a top of each wave crest in one of the layers positioned beneath another layer is connected to a bottom of one of the wave troughs, and a bottom of each wave trough in one of the layers positioned above another layer is connected to a top of one of the wave crests.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.