US 12,290,137 B2
Foot support systems including fluid movement controllers and adjustable foot support pressure
Devin Bailly, Portland, OR (US); Matthew Browne, Portland, OR (US); Narissa Y. Chang, Portland, OR (US); Rémy Pieron, Portland, OR (US); Stepan Ryabinin, Vancouver, WA (US); Adam Vollmer, Portland, OR (US); Michael Fairchild, Vancouver, WA (US); Ethan Vella, Lake Oswego, OR (US); and Daniel Weeks, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/521,239.
Application 18/521,239 is a continuation of application No. 17/333,333, filed on May 28, 2021, granted, now 11,864,618.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,413, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,395, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,433, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,444, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,455, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,468, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,482, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,423, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,429, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,441, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,451, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,460, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,471, filed on May 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0090619 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. A43B 13/20 (2006.01); A43B 3/34 (2022.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01); F04B 43/08 (2006.01); F04B 43/113 (2006.01); F16K 11/02 (2006.01); F16K 27/06 (2006.01); F16K 11/085 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/203 (2013.01) [A43B 3/34 (2022.01); A43B 13/186 (2013.01); A43B 13/206 (2013.01); F04B 43/08 (2013.01); F04B 43/113 (2013.01); F16K 11/02 (2013.01); F16K 27/065 (2013.01); F16K 11/0856 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foot support system for an article of footwear, comprising:
a foot support bladder for supporting at least a portion of a plantar surface of a wearer's foot;
a fluid container;
a valve housing; and
a valve stem movably mounted with respect to the valve housing, wherein the valve stem includes a first end, a second end, and a perimeter wall extending between the first end and the second end, wherein the first end, the second end, and the perimeter wall define an internal chamber of the valve stem, and wherein the perimeter wall of the valve stem includes a plurality of through holes extending from the internal chamber to an exterior surface of the perimeter wall, wherein the valve stem is movable to: (i) place a first through hole of the plurality of through holes in fluid communication with the foot support bladder and (ii) place a second through hole of the plurality of through holes in fluid communication with the fluid container.