Footwear with traction elements

US10279581B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• New Balance Athletics, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Robert Lee Ashcroft · Chorlton, GB
• Lee Blackwell · Wettenhall, GB
• Matt Bullock · Heswall, GB
• Bryan Decker Gothie · Sudbury, US
• Timothy Kelvin Robinson · Arlington, US
• Stephen Bradford Shepard · Nashua, US
• Michael White · Cockeysville, US
• John Whiteman · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 16, 2015
• Grant date: May 7, 2019
• Expiry date: Sep 27, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F30/00
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to articles of footwear having traction elements, and systems and methods for manufacturing same. An example shoe includes an upper and a sole plate, the sole plate including a lower surface adapted for ground contact having a first sole portion including first traction elements, the first traction elements having a distal end and a side wall with extensions extending from a central core, and a second sole portion including second traction elements, the second traction elements having at least one geometrical feature differing in one or more aspects from a corresponding geometrical feature of the first traction elements.