US 12,290,135 B2
Sole structure for article of footwear
Can Eldem, Portland, OR (US); Cassidy R. Levy, West Linn, OR (US); Evan Perkins, Portland, OR (US); Emily Simmons, Beaverton, OR (US); and Philip Woodman, Treviso (IT)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/711,755.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/300,252, filed on Jan. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/300,259, filed on Jan. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/300,246, filed on Jan. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/253,022, filed on Oct. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/194,327, filed on May 28, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/194,314, filed on May 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0378149 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A43B 13/18 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/20 (2006.01); A43B 13/40 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/186 (2013.01) [A43B 13/12 (2013.01); A43B 13/189 (2013.01); A43B 13/20 (2013.01); A43B 13/40 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sole structure comprising:
a cushion member including a first series of lobes arranged from a forefoot region to a heel region along one of a medial side and a lateral side of the sole structure and a second series of lobes disposed between the medial side and the lateral side of the sole structure, the second series of lobes cooperating to define a generally U-shaped recess; and
a chassis including a cushion support, a plate, and a first series of supports each aligned and in contact with a respective lobe of the first series of lobes, the cushion support defining a first portion of each of the first series of supports and including a first material in contact with a top surface of the cushion member, and the plate defining a second portion of each of the first series of supports and including a second material different than the first material and in contact with the top surface of the cushion member.