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Title:
FOOTWEAR WITH SOLE STRUCTURE INCORPORATING LOBED FLUID-FILLED CHAMBER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2010110651
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an article of footwear including a chamber configured such that the compression of the chamber increases, however, the stiffness of the chamber increases in a corresponding manner.

The article of footwear has an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure includes a fluid-filled chamber and a polymer foam material surrounding at least a portion of the chamber. The chamber includes a first surface, a second surface on the opposite side to the first surface, and a sidewall extending between the first surface and the second surface. The first surface, second surface, and sidewall define a plurality of lobes radially extending outward from a central area of the chamber. The polymer foam material defines part of the side surface of the sole structure of the footwear, and distal ends of the lobes are exposed to the side surface of the sole structure of the footwear to thereby define the other portions of the side surface.


Inventors:
SWIGART JOHN F
SCHINDLER ERIC S
Application Number:
JP2010019388A
Publication Date:
May 20, 2010
Filing Date:
January 29, 2010
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
NIKE INC
International Classes:
A43B7/32; A43B13/18; A43B13/20; A43B13/40; A43B21/28; A43B21/32; B29D35/12
Domestic Patent References:
JPH0890733A1996-04-09
JPH105006A1998-01-13
Foreign References:
US6457262B12002-10-01
US20010011427A12001-08-09
DE352216C1922-04-24
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Inaoka cultivation
Mio Kawasaki