US 11,793,269 B2
Articulated sole structure with sipes forming hexagonal sole elements
Zachary E. Hull, Portland, OR (US); John A. Truax, Portland, OR (US); Robert W. Dolan, Portland, OR (US); Mark C. Miner, Portland, OR (US); Angela N. Martin, Lake Oswego, OR (US); Robert C. Williams, Jr., Tigard, OR (US); Karen S. Dimoff, Portland, OR (US); Jekti Hadiati, Beaverton, OR (US); and Howard Banich, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on May 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/315,793.
Application 17/315,793 is a continuation of application No. 15/477,155, filed on Apr. 3, 2017, granted, now 11,000,092.
Application 15/477,155 is a continuation of application No. 14/077,987, filed on Nov. 12, 2013, granted, now 9,648,924, issued on May 16, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0298414 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A43B 13/14 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/37 (2006.01); A43B 1/00 (2006.01); A43B 13/22 (2006.01); A43B 13/04 (2006.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/141 (2013.01) [A43B 1/0009 (2013.01); A43B 13/122 (2013.01); A43B 13/14 (2013.01); A43B 13/223 (2013.01); A43B 13/37 (2013.01); A43B 13/04 (2013.01); A43B 13/181 (2013.01); A43B 13/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An articulated sole structure for an article of footwear, the sole structure comprising:
a ground-contactable surface;
a plurality of hexagonally-shaped sole elements, wherein at least one hexagonally-shaped sole element of the plurality of hexagonally-shaped sole elements comprises one or more uninterrupted diamond-shaped sole element portions; and
a plurality of sipes extending upward from the ground-contactable surface, wherein the plurality of sipes define the plurality of hexagonally-shaped sole elements and define the one or more uninterrupted diamond-shaped sole element portions.