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Additively manufactured footwear soles

US12414602B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

adidas AG · DE

Inventors

Christian Manuel Arias DELGADO · Portland, US
Berin Skye B · Portland, US
Ladan Salari-Sharif · Camas, US
Keith A. BLUME · Portland, US
Stephen Dobson · Herzogenaurach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 29, 2023
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 29, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB33Y80/00
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Articles of footwear comprising an additively manufactured sole. In some embodiments, the article of footwear may comprise a sole, an upper, and a joining element coupling the sole to the upper. In some embodiments, the sole may comprise a three-dimensional mesh with a ground-facing portion and a ledge formed on an upper side of the mesh. The ledge may comprise a continuous side surface that is coupled to the joining element. In some embodiments, the sole may comprise an undulating lower side comprising a plurality of bumps and a plurality of valleys positioned between respective bumps. In some embodiments, the sole may comprise a continuous ground-facing rim formed on a perimeter portion of a lower side of the sole.

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