US 12,070,099 B2
Article of footwear having articulating strobel with bladder and tensile component
Ryan P. Callahan, Portland, OR (US); Jeremy L Connell, Hillsboro, OR (US); Carrie L. Davis, Portland, OR (US); Windra Fahmi, Beaverton, OR (US); Gjermund Haugbro, Beaverton, OR (US); Fiona L. Lesecq, Portland, OR (US); Jason R. Meeker, Hillsboro, OR (US); Benjamin Stewart, Beaverton, OR (US); Dylan S. Van Atta, Portland, OR (US); and Darlan Zacharia, Beaverton, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/690,900.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/173,812, filed on Apr. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322787 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A43B 13/20 (2006.01); A43B 9/02 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01); A43B 13/40 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/20 (2013.01) [A43B 9/02 (2013.01); A43B 13/127 (2013.01); A43B 13/181 (2013.01); A43B 13/40 (2013.01)] 15 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 a perimeter of the interior cavity from a medial side to a lateral side of the polymeric bladder at a front of the polymeric bladder;
a footwear upper secured to the peripheral flange; and
a sole plate having a heel portion, a midfoot portion, and a forefoot portion;
wherein a rear extent of the strobel is secured to the sole plate or to the footwear upper forward of a rear extent of the sole plate; and
wherein the strobel tapers in transverse width so that a midfoot portion of the strobel is narrower than the midfoot portion of the sole plate underlying the midfoot portion of the strobel.