US 12,082,646 B2
Footwear and footwear components having a mesh component
Zachary C. Coonrod, Portland, OR (US); Berin Skye B, Portland, OR (US); Keith A. Blume, Portland, OR (US); Derek Andrew Luther, Portland, OR (US); Ladan Salari-Sharif, Portland, OR (US); Iain Martin Hannah, Nuremberg (DE); Jacques M. Perrault, Portland, OR (US); Christian Manuel Arias Delgado, Portland, OR (US); and Dustin Kendrick, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to adidas AG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed by adidas AG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/069,623.
Prior Publication US 2022/0110408 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A43B 13/18 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/187 (2013.01) 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of footwear, comprising:
a sole comprising:
a first solid component;
a second solid component; and
an additively manufactured mesh component arranged between the first solid component and the second solid component, wherein the mesh component is connected to each of the first solid component and the second solid component, and wherein the mesh component defines a channel extending from a medial side to a lateral side of the mesh component such that the mesh component extends beyond the channel both toward a toe end of the article of footwear and toward a heel end of the article of footwear, the channel being configured to allow the mesh component to bend at the channel; and
an upper connected to the sole.