US 12,250,990 B2
Sole structure for article of footwear
Fidencio Campos, II, Dallas, OR (US); Wesley K. Chan, Portland, OR (US); Zachary M. Elder, Portland, OR (US); Elizabeth Langvin, Sherwood, OR (US); and Lee D. Peyton, Tigard, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/175,935.
Application 18/175,935 is a continuation of application No. 16/772,079, granted, now 11,607,010, previously published as PCT/US2018/065080, filed on Dec. 12, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/598,771, filed on Dec. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0200491 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A43B 13/20 (2006.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/20 (2013.01) [A43B 13/189 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sole structure for an article of footwear having an upper, the sole structure comprising:
a heel region;
a forefoot region;
a mid-foot region disposed between the heel region and the forefoot region; and
a fluid-filled chamber including a first barrier layer cooperating with a second barrier layer to define a first segment extending along a lateral side of the sole structure within the heel region and having a first length, a second segment extending along a medial side of the sole structure within the heel region and having a second length greater than the first length, a third segment disposed within the mid-foot region, the third segment extending from the medial side to the lateral side, and directly fluidly connecting a forward-most point of the first segment and a forward-most point of the second segment, and a fourth segment extending from one of the first segment and the second segment toward the other of the first segment and the second segment and terminating in an area between the first segment and the second segment, the fourth segment tapering continuously in a direction towards the upper from the one of the first segment and the second segment to a distal end of the fourth segment.