US 12,302,981 B2
Article of footwear having a rand
Vu Luu, Beaverton, OR (US); and Kelly A. O'Connor, Beaverton, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/166,547.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/316,147, filed on Mar. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0276900 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A43B 13/00 (2006.01); A43B 13/04 (2006.01); A43B 13/14 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/141 (2013.01) [A43B 13/04 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of footwear comprising:
an outsole;
an upper secured to the outsole and defining a foot-receiving cavity over the outsole; and
a rand separate from the outsole, with a lowermost edge of the rand extending along an upper edge of the outsole, and wherein the rand is secured to an exterior surface of the upper; wherein the rand has a first end at a medial side of a heel region of the upper and a second end at a front of a forefoot region of the upper;
wherein the rand includes a first segment and a second segment nonintegral with the first segment;
wherein the rand wraps around a rear of the upper from the first end to the second end, the rand extending along a lateral side of the upper from the first end to the second end; and
wherein the outsole wraps upward onto the exterior surface of the upper at a medial side of the forefoot region.