US 12,490,807 B2
Bladder for an article of footwear
Jeremy L. Connell, Portland, OR (US); Craig Fredrick, Portland, OR (US); Jason R. Meeker, Portland, OR (US); and Chris Wilburn, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/335,699.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/352,732, filed on Jun. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0404210 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. A43B 13/20 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/20 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bladder comprising:
a first barrier element having a first surface formed on a first side of the first barrier element and a second surface formed on an opposite side of the first barrier element than the first surface;
a second barrier element having a third surface formed on a first side of the second barrier element and a fourth surface formed on an opposite side of the second barrier element than the third surface;
a peripheral seam joining the first barrier element and the second barrier element to define an interior void between the first surface and the third surface, the peripheral seam including a first segment extending along a bottom portion of the bladder closer to the fourth surface than the second surface, a second segment extending along a top portion of the bladder closer to the second surface than the fourth surface, and a third segment extending between and connecting the first segment and the second segment; and
a notch extending into the bladder from a peripheral edge of the bladder to define a V-shaped channel having a first edge, a second edge, and a distal end, the first segment of the peripheral seam extending along the first edge, the second edge, and the distal end.