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Footwear midsole with 3-D printed mesh having an anisotropic structure and methods of making the same

US11992084B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

adidas AG · DE

Inventors

Ladan Salari-Sharif · Camas, US
Jacques Perrault · Poway, US
Iain Martin Hannah · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 13, 2020
Grant date	May 28, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 18, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB33Y10/00
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Soles for an article of footwear with a three-dimensional mesh having a plurality of interconnected unit cells composed of one or more soft sub-cells and one or more stiff sub-cells. The arrangement of one or more soft sub-cells and one or more stiff sub-cells for the interconnected unit cells can provide the three-dimensional mesh with anisotropic properties, for example, anisotropic lattice shear moduli. In particular embodiments, the arrangement of soft sub-cells and stiff sub-cells for the unit cells can create a three-dimensional mesh predisposed to deform forwards when a sole including the three-dimensional mesh contacts the ground.

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