US 12,137,768 B2
Particulate foam stacked casings
Kevin W. Hoffer, Portland, OR (US); Cassidy R. Levy, West Linn, OR (US); and Nicholas R. Long, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,210.
Application 17/725,210 is a continuation of application No. 16/327,589, granted, now 11,324,281, previously published as PCT/US2016/053240, filed on Sep. 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/222,842, filed on Sep. 24, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/222,832, filed on Sep. 24, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/222,873, filed on Sep. 24, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/222,816, filed on Sep. 24, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/222,851, filed on Sep. 24, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/222,882, filed on Sep. 24, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240622 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. A43B 13/18 (2006.01); A43B 1/00 (2006.01); A43B 5/00 (2022.01); A43B 7/1405 (2022.01); A43B 7/32 (2006.01); A43B 13/04 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/14 (2006.01); A43B 13/16 (2006.01); A43B 13/20 (2006.01); B32B 5/16 (2006.01); B32B 5/18 (2006.01); B32B 25/04 (2006.01); B32B 25/14 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/141 (2013.01) [A43B 1/0072 (2013.01); A43B 5/00 (2013.01); A43B 7/141 (2013.01); A43B 7/32 (2013.01); A43B 13/04 (2013.01); A43B 13/122 (2013.01); A43B 13/125 (2013.01); A43B 13/127 (2013.01); A43B 13/16 (2013.01); A43B 13/181 (2013.01); A43B 13/186 (2013.01); A43B 13/187 (2013.01); A43B 13/188 (2013.01); A43B 13/189 (2013.01); A43B 13/20 (2013.01); A43B 13/206 (2013.01); B32B 5/16 (2013.01); B32B 5/18 (2013.01); B32B 25/047 (2013.01); B32B 25/14 (2013.01); B32B 2264/02 (2013.01); B32B 2437/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of footwear comprising:
an upper;
a midsole attached to the upper and including a footbed and a bottom surface disposed on an opposite side of the midsole than the footbed;
an outsole having a ground-engaging surface, an inner surface disposed on an opposite side of the outsole than the ground-engaging surface, and a wall extending from the ground-engaging surface and surrounding the outsole, the outsole including a groove disposed at the ground-engaging surface and defined by a first portion of the outsole extending in a direction toward the upper;
a first pair of casings each containing particulate matter and having a thickness extending substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the outsole, the first pair of casings arranged in a layered configuration, received within a cavity bounded by the wall of the outsole and between the bottom surface and the inner surface, and disposed in a forefoot region of the cavity; and
a second pair of casings each containing particulate matter and having a thickness extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the outsole, the second pair of casings arranged in a layered configuration, received within the cavity bounded by the wall of the outsole and between the bottom surface and the inner surface, and disposed between the first pair of casings and a posterior end of the outsole, the second pair of casings being isolated from the first pair of casings.