US 12,310,449 B2
Footwear strobel with bladder having grooved flange and method of manufacturing
Arick Auyang, Portland, OR (US); Derek Houng, Portland, OR (US); Eric A. Schmalzer, Portland, OR (US); Matthew Temple, Beaverton, OR (US); Jeffrey S. To, Portland, OR (US); and Geoffrey A Weston, Beaverton, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/535,094.
Application 17/567,204 is a division of application No. 16/428,002, filed on May 31, 2019, granted, now 11,241,063, issued on Feb. 8, 2022.
Application 18/535,094 is a continuation of application No. 17/567,204, filed on Jan. 3, 2022, granted, now 11,882,899.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/678,722, filed on May 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0108103 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A43B 9/02 (2006.01); A43B 13/04 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/20 (2006.01); A43B 13/28 (2006.01); A43B 13/39 (2006.01); A43B 13/40 (2006.01); A43D 3/02 (2006.01); B29D 35/14 (2010.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/20 (2013.01) [A43B 9/02 (2013.01); A43B 13/04 (2013.01); A43B 13/122 (2013.01); A43B 13/28 (2013.01); A43B 13/39 (2013.01); A43B 13/40 (2013.01); A43D 3/022 (2013.01); B29D 35/142 (2013.01); A43B 23/0245 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of footwear comprising:
a strobel including:
a polymeric bladder defining an interior cavity and configured to retain a fluid in the interior cavity, the polymeric bladder having a peripheral flange extending around at least a portion of a perimeter of the interior cavity; and
a lasting component stitched to the polymeric bladder;
wherein the peripheral flange defines a groove extending along the peripheral flange;
wherein the lasting component has an aperture, a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region, and the aperture extends in the forefoot region and not in the heel region;
wherein the polymeric bladder extends partially through the aperture; and
wherein the polymeric bladder extends in the forefoot region and not in the heel region.