US 12,064,006 B2
Airbag for article of footwear
Wesley K. Chan, Portland, OR (US); Zachary M. Elder, Portland, OR (US); Paul Hooper, Vancouver, WA (US); Elizabeth Langvin, Sherwood, OR (US); Cassidy R. Levy, West Linn, OR (US); and Philip Woodman, Treviso (IT)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Dec. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/133,732.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,120, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0195996 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A43B 13/18 (2006.01); A43B 7/1415 (2022.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/20 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/186 (2013.01) [A43B 7/1415 (2013.01); A43B 13/127 (2013.01); A43B 13/188 (2013.01); A43B 13/206 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bladder comprising:
a first chamber having a substantially U-shape defined by a first leg joined to a second leg by a first arcuate segment;
a second chamber having a substantially U-shape and being positioned forward of the first chamber in a direction extending along a longitudinal axis of the bladder;
a third chamber defining a frontmost extent of the bladder, the third chamber having a substantially U-shape, and being positioned forward of the second chamber in the direction extending along the longitudinal axis of the bladder;
a first interior chamber having a first end longitudinally opposing a second end, the first end of the first interior chamber directly fluidly connected to the second chamber, the second end of the first interior chamber disposed between the first leg of the first chamber and the second leg of the first chamber, the first interior chamber entirely spaced apart from the first chamber; and
a second interior chamber having a first end longitudinally opposing a second end, the first end of the second interior chamber directly fluidly connected to the third chamber, the second end of the second interior chamber disposed between a third leg of the second chamber and a fourth leg of the second chamber, the second interior chamber entirely spaced apart from the second chamber and longitudinally aligned with the longitudinal axis of the bladder.