US 12,031,007 B2
Foam article with enhanced properties
Paul Irving Archer, Portland, OR (US); Hossein Allen Baghdadi, Portland, OR (US); Jay Constantinou, Portland, OR (US); Sami Mohamad Fakhouri, Portland, OR (US); Floyd Whitney Miles, Beaverton, OR (US); Joseph Thomas Muth, North Plains, OR (US); and Bradley C. Tutmark, Aloha, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on May 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/203,289.
Application 18/203,289 is a continuation of application No. 17/195,161, filed on Mar. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,702,527.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/137,872, filed on Jan. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/071,393, filed on Aug. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/042,324, filed on Jun. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/987,648, filed on Mar. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/987,227, filed on Mar. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/987,329, filed on Mar. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/987,224, filed on Mar. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0407033 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. C08J 9/12 (2006.01); A43B 1/14 (2006.01); A43D 119/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B29C 44/10 (2006.01); B29C 44/58 (2006.01); B29C 44/60 (2006.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/04 (2006.01); B29C 45/78 (2006.01); B29D 35/00 (2010.01); B29D 35/08 (2010.01); B29D 35/12 (2010.01); B29D 35/14 (2010.01); G06K 19/04 (2006.01); B29K 21/00 (2006.01); B29K 67/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/04 (2006.01); B29L 31/50 (2006.01)
CPC C08J 9/12 (2013.01) [A43B 1/14 (2013.01); A43D 119/00 (2013.01); B25J 15/0019 (2013.01); B29C 44/105 (2013.01); B29C 44/58 (2013.01); B29C 44/60 (2013.01); B29C 45/0001 (2013.01); B29C 45/04 (2013.01); B29C 45/78 (2013.01); B29D 35/0036 (2013.01); B29D 35/0045 (2013.01); B29D 35/081 (2013.01); B29D 35/122 (2013.01); B29D 35/128 (2013.01); B29D 35/148 (2013.01); G06K 19/045 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76531 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76752 (2013.01); B29K 2021/003 (2013.01); B29K 2067/00 (2013.01); B29K 2105/04 (2013.01); B29L 2031/50 (2013.01); B29L 2031/504 (2013.01); C08J 2367/00 (2013.01); C08J 2467/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foam article for a component of footwear, the foam article comprising:
an outer surface comprising a plurality of injection gate vestiges; and
a foam article volume comprising a plurality of sub-volumes, each sub-volume being associated with one of the plurality of injection gate vestiges;
wherein an aspect ratio for each of the plurality of sub-volumes is greater than 2.7.