US 11,737,509 B2
Article of footwear
Windra Fahmi, Beaverton, OR (US); Erin Gleason, Beaverton, OR (US); Jin Hong, Beaverton, OR (US); Liao Kuang-Nan, Portland, OR (US); Jaroslav J. Lupinek, Portland, OR (US); Chloe Scott, Beaverton, OR (US); and Stuart D. Pollock, Beaverton, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/115,768.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/945,826, filed on Dec. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0169170 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. A43B 7/144 (2022.01); A43B 13/04 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 21/28 (2006.01); A43B 13/20 (2006.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 7/144 (2013.01) [A43B 13/04 (2013.01); A43B 13/122 (2013.01); A43B 13/125 (2013.01); A43B 13/127 (2013.01); A43B 13/188 (2013.01); A43B 13/20 (2013.01); A43B 13/206 (2013.01); A43B 21/28 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of footwear comprising:
an upper;
a plate having a top surface facing the upper and a bottom surface formed on an opposite side than the top surface, the plate extending from a first end in a forefoot region to a second end in a heel region;
a first cushioning element having an upper surface attached to the bottom surface of the plate in the forefoot region and including (i) one or more apertures formed through the upper surface on a medial side or a lateral side of the first cushioning element; (ii) one or more side shields each extending from the upper surface and along a medial side of the upper or a lateral side of the upper, each of the one or more side shields defining an opening formed in a periphery of the first cushioning element on the medial side or the lateral side of the first cushioning element and intersecting a corresponding one of the one or more apertures;
a second cushioning element disposed in the heel region and spaced apart from the first cushioning element by a gap in a mid-foot region of the article of footwear; and
one or more fluid-filled bladders each at least partially surrounded by the first cushioning element in the forefoot region and having a top surface attached to the bottom surface of the plate through a corresponding one of the one or more apertures.