US 12,440,002 B2
Outsole for a shoe
Benjamin Alexander Thompsett, Nuremberg (DE); Arnau Sanjuan Roman, Brooklyn, NY (US); Harry Miles, Nuremberg (DE); Baptiste Jacques Dany Tarenne, Fuerth (DE); Strahinja Spasic, Los Angeles, CA (US); Daniel Ruiz, Erlangen (DE); Tobias Biegel, Großhabersdorf (DE); Robert Stinchcomb, Chestertown, NY (US); Stefan Schneider, Dietenhofen (DE); Mareike Engel, Seukendorf (DE); Hannes Schaefke, Fuerth (DE); and Jürgen Weidl, Aurachtal (DE)
Assigned to adidas AG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed by adidas AG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/496,511.
Application 18/496,511 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/154,397, filed on Jan. 13, 2023.
Application 18/154,397 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/733,229, filed on Apr. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,576,466, issued on Feb. 14, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 23170619 (EP), filed on Apr. 28, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0057724 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A43B 5/02 (2006.01); A43B 5/06 (2022.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01); A43C 15/16 (2006.01); B29D 35/00 (2010.01); B29D 35/14 (2010.01)
CPC A43C 15/162 (2013.01) [A43B 5/02 (2013.01); A43B 5/06 (2013.01); A43B 13/18 (2013.01); A43C 15/161 (2013.01); A43C 15/168 (2013.01); B29D 35/0009 (2013.01); B29D 35/142 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outsole for a shoe, the outsole comprising:
an integrally formed sole unit comprising a first sole segment arranged in at least a mid-foot portion of the outsole and a second sole segment arranged in at least a toe portion of the outsole;
a plurality of studs integrally formed with the sole unit;
a first cavity in the sole unit, wherein the first cavity overlaps with at least one of the plurality of studs;
a second cavity in the sole unit, wherein the second cavity overlaps with at least one of the plurality of studs;
a first cushion element disposed within the first cavity, wherein the first cushion element is integrally formed with the sole unit; and
a second cushion element disposed within second cavity, wherein the second cushion element is integrally formed with the sole unit;
wherein the first cavity comprises a first opening formed in an upper surface of the sole unit, wherein the second cavity comprises a second opening formed in the upper surface of the sole unit, and wherein the first opening is smaller than the first cavity and the second opening is smaller than the second cavity.