US 11,957,206 B2
Sole and shoe
Tru Huu Minh Le, Herzogenaurach (DE); Angus Wardlaw, Herzogenaurach (DE); Dirk Meythaler, Herzogenaurach (DE); Stuart David Reinhardt, Herzogenaurach (DE); Darren Michael Wood, Gresham, OR (US); Charles Griffin Wilson, III, Portland, OR (US); Juergen Weidl, Herzogenaurach (DE); Stanislav Goussev, Herzogenaurach (DE); and Carl Arnese, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Assigned to adidas AG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed by adidas AG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/918,905.
Application 16/918,905 is a continuation of application No. 15/078,043, filed on Mar. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/137,139, filed on Mar. 23, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0329812 A1, Oct. 22, 2020
Int. Cl. A43B 13/18 (2006.01); A43B 7/14 (2022.01); A43B 7/1425 (2022.01); A43B 7/1435 (2022.01); A43B 7/144 (2022.01); A43B 7/1445 (2022.01); A43B 7/148 (2022.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/188 (2013.01) [A43B 7/1425 (2013.01); A43B 7/1435 (2013.01); A43B 7/144 (2013.01); A43B 7/1445 (2013.01); A43B 7/148 (2013.01); A43B 13/125 (2013.01); A43B 13/127 (2013.01); A43B 13/187 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sole with a midsole, wherein the midsole is formed from particles of an expanded material; wherein the particles of an expanded material comprise expanded polypropylene (ePP), expanded polyamide (ePA), expanded polyether-block amine (ePEBA), expanded thermos-plastic polyurethane (eTPU), or combinations thereof;
wherein a portion of the midsole further comprises:
a first sole region comprising particle foam comprising particles of an expanded material; wherein the particles of an expanded material comprise expanded polypropylene (ePP), expanded polyamide (ePA), expanded polyether-block amine (ePEBA), expanded thermos-plastic polyurethane (eTPU), or combinations thereof;
a control element positioned proximate the first sole region; wherein the control element is free from particles of the particle foam and is formed of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), polypropylene (PP), polyamide (PA), thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), polyether-block amine (PEBA), and combinations thereof; and
a deformation region comprising an open space, wherein the deformation region is positioned proximate and sideward to the first sole region and the control element, wherein the deformation region comprises a volume greater than that of a single expanded particle in the particle foam and is configured to allow deformation of the particle foam into the deformation region in a sideward direction under a pressure load on the sole along a vertical direction.