Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Articulated sole structure with sipes forming hexagonal sole elements
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Application No.: US14077987Application Date: 2013-11-12
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Publication No.: US09648924B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Zachary E. Hull , John A. Truax , Robert W. Dolan , Mark C. Miner , Angela N. Martin , Robert C. Williams, Jr. , Carrie Dimoff , Jekti Hadiati , Howard Banich
- Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OR Beaverton
- Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OR Beaverton
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Main IPC: A43B5/00
- IPC: A43B5/00 ; A43B13/00 ; A43B13/14 ; A43B13/12 ; A43B13/37 ; A43B1/00

Abstract:
A footwear sole structure may include a plurality of discrete hexagonally-shaped sole elements defined by a plurality of sipes. The sipes may include a plurality of sipes that extend in a transverse direction across the sole structure and a plurality of sipes that extend in an oblique direction relative to the transverse sipes. A plurality of sipes may also subdivide the hexagonally-shaped sole elements into one or more diamond-shaped sole element portions. The sole structure may include additional features such as non-hexagonal sole elements and lugs distributed across a bottom surface of the sole structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150128452A1 ARTICULATED SOLE STRUCTURE WITH SIPES FORMING HEXAGONAL SOLE ELEMENTS Public/Granted day:2015-05-14
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