ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING ARTICULATING STROBEL WITH BLADDER AND TENSILE COMPONENT

An article of footwear includes a strobel, a footwear upper, and a sole plate. The strobel includes a polymeric bladder defining an interior cavity and configured to retain a fluid in the interior cavity. The polymeric bladder has a peripheral flange extending around a perimeter of the interior cavi...

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Main Authors CALLAHAN, Ryan P, ZACHARIA, Darlan, STEWART, Benjamin, MEEKER, Jason R, VAN ATTA, Dylan S, CONNELL, Jeremy L, DAVIS, Carrie L, LESECQ, Fiona L, FAHMI, Windra, HAUGBRO, Gjermund
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 21.02.2024
Subjects
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR
FOOTWEAR
HUMAN NECESSITIES
PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
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Summary:An article of footwear includes a strobel, a footwear upper, and a sole plate. The strobel includes a polymeric bladder defining an interior cavity and configured to retain a fluid in the interior cavity. The polymeric bladder has a peripheral flange extending around a perimeter of the interior cavity from a medial side to a lateral side of the polymeric bladder at a front of the polymeric bladder. The footwear upper is secured to the peripheral flange. The sole plate has a heel portion, a midfoot portion, and a forefoot portion, and a rear extent of the strobel is secured to the sole plate or to the footwear upper forward of a rear extent of the sole plate. A method of manufacturing the article of footwear includes securing the peripheral flange to the upper.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20220713184