US 12,070,101 B2
Article of footwear
Ejnar Truelsen, Bredebro (DK); and Frank Jensen, Bredebro (DK)
Assigned to ECCO Sko A/S, Bredebro (DK)
Filed by ECCO SKO A/S, Bredebro (DK)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/127,361.
Claims priority of application No. 19218810 (EP), filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0186144 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A43B 7/14 (2022.01); A43B 7/1475 (2022.01); A43B 13/04 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01); B29D 35/00 (2010.01)
CPC A43B 7/1475 (2013.01) [A43B 7/1495 (2013.01); A43B 13/04 (2013.01); A43B 13/125 (2013.01); A43B 13/184 (2013.01); B29D 35/0009 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of footwear comprising:
an upper having an outer surface, a foot insertion volume, and a sole facing surface, a sole assembly comprising:
a midsole having a foot facing surface, a ground facing surface, a heel region, a forefoot region, and an arch region between the heel region and the forefoot region in a longitudinal direction, where the midsole in the arch region comprises a medial support element configured to cover at least a part of the cuboid bone of the foot or a lateral support element configured to cover at least a part of the navicular bone, and
a medial reinforcement member positioned medial to the medial support element or a lateral reinforcement member positioned lateral to the lateral support element, where the medial reinforcement member or the lateral reinforcement member is configured to increase rigidity of the medial support element or the lateral support element,
wherein the medial reinforcement member and/or the lateral reinforcement member extends in the longitudinal direction towards the forefoot region from a position in the longitudinal direction, which position is less than 40% of a length of the longitudinal length of the sole assembly from a heel end of the sole assembly, and
wherein the upper is configured to connect a part of a medial side of the sole assembly to a part of a lateral side of the sole assembly by a part of the upper positioned above the foot insertion volume.