US 12,075,880 B2
Plate for footwear
Emily Farina, Beaverton, OR (US); Lysandre Follet, Portland, OR (US); Geng Luo, Portland, OR (US); Rachel M. Suffield, Beaverton, OR (US); and Krissy Yetman, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/093,713.
Application 17/093,713 is a continuation of application No. 15/248,051, filed on Aug. 26, 2016, granted, now 10,842,224.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/308,608, filed on Mar. 15, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/236,636, filed on Oct. 2, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0052036 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A43B 13/14 (2006.01); A43B 7/1405 (2022.01); A43B 7/1445 (2022.01); A43B 7/145 (2022.01); A43B 7/148 (2022.01); A43B 7/18 (2006.01); A43B 13/02 (2022.01); A43B 13/04 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01); A43B 13/20 (2006.01); A43B 13/22 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/186 (2013.01) [A43B 7/141 (2013.01); A43B 7/1445 (2013.01); A43B 7/145 (2013.01); A43B 7/148 (2013.01); A43B 7/18 (2013.01); A43B 13/026 (2013.01); A43B 13/04 (2013.01); A43B 13/125 (2013.01); A43B 13/127 (2013.01); A43B 13/141 (2013.01); A43B 13/143 (2013.01); A43B 13/145 (2013.01); A43B 13/188 (2013.01); A43B 13/189 (2013.01); A43B 13/20 (2013.01); A43B 13/22 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plate for an article of footwear having a sole structure, the plate comprising:
an anterior-most point configured to be disposed in a forefoot region of the sole structure;
a posterior-most point configured to be disposed within a heel region of the sole structure;
an aft point located sixty percent (60%) of a total length of the plate rearward from the anterior-most point and co-planar with the anterior-most point and the posterior-most point in a relaxed configuration;
a metatarsophalangeal (MTP) point located thirty percent (30%) of the total length of the plate rearward from the anterior-most point and configured to oppose an MTP joint of a foot during use;
a concave portion configured to be disposed in the forefoot region of the sole structure, the concave portion extending continuously from a forward-most point located at the anterior-most point to a rearward-most point located at the aft point and including a constant first radius of curvature from the anterior-most point past the MTP point, a midpoint of an arc of the constant first radius of curvature located at the MTP point, the aft point disposed along a blend portion between and connecting the concave portion and a flat portion, the flat portion configured to be disposed in the heel region of the sole structure, wherein the flat portion extends from the aft point to the posterior-most point; and
a lateral edge portion extending from the anterior-most point past the MTP point along a lateral side of the plate, the lateral edge portion being continuously convex along an entire length of the concave portion.