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Footwear midsole with anisotropic mesh and methods of making the same

US11589647B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

adidas AG · DE

Inventors

Blayne HETTINGA · Portland, US
Shannon Pomeroy · San Francisco, US
Iain Martin Hannah · Nuremberg, DE
Ladan Salari-Sharif · Camas, US
Dustin Kendrick · Portland, US
Jacques Perrault · Poway, US
Andrew Jacob Schneider · Portland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 13, 2020
Grant date	Feb 28, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 13, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA43D2200/60
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Soles for articles of footwear including a mechanically anisotropic three-dimensional mesh. The mechanically anisotropic three-dimensional mesh can include one or more mechanically anisotropic regions with a first lattice shear modulus measured in a first direction and a second lattice shear modulus measured in a second direction opposite to or orthogonal to the first direction. The first and second lattice shear moduli are different to provide the three-dimensional mesh with mechanically anisotropic properties. The mechanically anisotropic three-dimensional mesh can be three-dimensionally printed.

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