US 12,011,059 B2
Sole structure for article of footwear
Nate Durflinger, Beaverton, OR (US); Lai Wa C. Ho, Beaverton, OR (US); and Emily Simmons, Beaverton, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on May 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/326,962.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/029,118, filed on May 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0361027 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01); A43B 13/20 (2006.01); A43B 13/37 (2006.01); A43B 21/32 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/127 (2013.01) [A43B 13/186 (2013.01); A43B 13/20 (2013.01); A43B 13/37 (2013.01); A43B 21/32 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of footwear comprising:
an upper extending from a first end in a forefoot region to a second end in a heel region;
a sole structure attached to the upper and including a posterior end projecting beyond the second end of the upper to form a gap between the posterior end of the sole structure and the upper, the sole structure including a bladder having a portion disposed between the second end of the upper and the posterior end of the sole structure;
a buttress including a base attached to the posterior end of the sole structure, a heel clip attached to the second end of the upper, and a neck portion connecting the base and the heel clip and spanning the gap between the posterior end of the sole structure and the upper; and
a heel counter attached to the second end of the upper and disposed between the second end of the upper and the buttress.