US 11,937,664 B2
Sole structure of an article of footwear and related methods
Yoon Jeong Choi, Portland, OR (US); Tory M. Cross, Portland, OR (US); Christian Alexander Steinbeck, Portland, OR (US); and James Zormeir, Beaverton, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Appl. No. 16/642,991
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 29, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/048562
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 28, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/046438, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/552,905, filed on Aug. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0253326 A1, Aug. 13, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A43B 13/14 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/14 (2013.01) [A43B 13/127 (2013.01); A43D 29/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sole structure for an article of footwear, the sole structure comprising:
a first midsole portion including a first sidewall;
a second midsole portion including a second sidewall; and
a sheet including a mesh textile having overlapping members defining a woven or knit structure and forming a plurality of passages at least 0.5 mm in length in a largest dimension, the sheet having (i) a first sheet portion disposed between the first midsole portion and the second midsole portion and including post-processed apertures defined by removing a portion of the mesh textile from the first sheet portion, the post-processed apertures having a width ranging from 0.5 mm to 3.0 mm and including a first post-processed aperture disposed in a forefoot region of the sole structure, a second post-processed aperture disposed in a mid-foot region of the sole structure, and a third post-processed aperture disposed in a heel region of the sole structure and (ii) a second sheet portion extending from the first sidewall and the second sidewall and at least partially over the second sidewall, the first midsole portion bonded to the second midsole portion through the post-processed apertures.