US 12,185,789 B2
Sole structure for article of footwear
Joël Ryp Greenspan, Portland, OR (US); Oliver Mclachlan, Beaverton, OR (US); Stuart Reinhardt, Beaverton, OR (US); Timothy J. Smith, Portland, OR (US); and Krissy Yetman, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Aug. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/999,839.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/891,082, filed on Aug. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0052037 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A43B 13/20 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/20 (2013.01) [A43B 13/127 (2013.01); A43B 13/181 (2013.01); A43B 13/186 (2013.01); A43B 13/188 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sole structure for an article of footwear including an upper, the sole structure comprising:
a first plate extending from a forefoot region of the sole structure to a heel region of the sole structure, the first plate including a first surface opposing and directly attached to the upper and a second surface formed on an opposite side of the first plate than the first surface, wherein the first plate includes a first thickness in the forefoot region and the first plate includes a second thickness in a mid-foot region of the sole structure;
a second plate extending from the forefoot region of the sole structure to the heel region of the sole structure and including a third surface opposing the second surface of the first plate and a fourth surface disposed on an opposite side of the second plate than the third surface, the third surface being spaced apart from the second surface to define a cavity between the first plate and the second plate that extends from a medial side of the sole structure to a lateral side of the sole structure between the forefoot region and the heel region, wherein the fourth surface of the second plate is a ground-engaging surface;
a heel pad extending from a first terminal end disposed in a mid-foot region of the sole structure to a second terminal end disposed in the heel region of the sole structure, the heel pad connecting the first plate and the second plate in the mid-foot region such that the second plate is directly supported in the mid-foot region, wherein a portion of the heel pad extends along an outer side surface of the upper;
a first cushion, having a rectangular shape, extending in a direction from the forefoot region to the heel region, wherein a widest part of the first cushion has a first width; and
a second cushion, having a rectangular shape, extending the direction from the forefoot region to the heel region, wherein a widest part of the second cushion has a second width different than the first width.