Stability and comfort system for an article of footwear
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United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A43B-007/20
A43B-007/14
출원번호
US-0359624
(2009-01-26)
등록번호
US-8590178
(2013-11-26)
발명자
/ 주소
Avar, Eric P.
Luedecke, Tom
Nurse, Matthew A.
Spanks, Jeffrey C.
출원인 / 주소
NIKE, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Plumsea Law Group, LLC
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37
초록▼
A stability and comfort system for an article of footwear is disclosed. The stability and comfort system includes a bootie and a sock liner. The sock liner may include a heel counter that is contoured to fit a heel. The sole of the article may include an outrigger portion. The outrigger portion can
A stability and comfort system for an article of footwear is disclosed. The stability and comfort system includes a bootie and a sock liner. The sock liner may include a heel counter that is contoured to fit a heel. The sole of the article may include an outrigger portion. The outrigger portion can be separated from a central portion of the sole to allow the outrigger portion to move substantially independently of the central portion of the sole.
대표청구항▼
1. An article of footwear, comprising: a sock liner including a heel counter portion, the sock liner being removably disposed within an interior of the article of footwear such that an exterior portion of the sock liner is disposed along an inner surface of an upper within the interior of the articl
1. An article of footwear, comprising: a sock liner including a heel counter portion, the sock liner being removably disposed within an interior of the article of footwear such that an exterior portion of the sock liner is disposed along an inner surface of an upper within the interior of the article of footwear and an interior portion of the sock liner including the heel counter portion is exposed to the interior of the article of footwear;the sock liner including a longitudinal direction associated with a length of a sole;the sock liner including a lateral direction associated with a width of the sole, the lateral direction being generally perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;the sock liner including a vertical direction that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction;the heel counter portion including a first heel counter section and a second heel counter section wherein the first heel counter section is disposed below the second heel counter section in a generally vertical direction;the first heel counter section including a first end portion and a second end portion that are oriented substantially in the longitudinal direction;the first end portion and the second end portion being separated by a first distance substantially oriented in the lateral direction;the second heel counter section including a third end portion and a fourth end portion that are oriented substantially in the longitudinal direction;the third end portion and the fourth end portion being separated by a second distance substantially oriented in the lateral direction; andwherein the first distance is greater than the second distance;wherein the first heel counter section and the second heel counter section have similar cross-sectional shapes;wherein the first heel counter section and the second heel counter section comprise a single monolithic heel counter portion that is integrally formed with the sock liner as a single piece;wherein the sock liner defines a bottom of the first heel counter section and wherein the second heel counter section is open along the vertical direction to extend around a portion of a heel;wherein the sock liner extends over a substantial entirety of a foot bed of the article of footwear from a heel portion to a forefoot portion;wherein the sock liner is substantially flat at the forefoot portion; andwherein the heel counter portion is configured so as to terminate within the heel region of the sock liner in the longitudinal direction and is further configured so as to not extend above an ankle of a wearer of the article of footwear in the vertical direction. 2. The article of footwear according to claim 1, wherein the first heel counter section is configured to receive a bottom portion of the heel. 3. The article of footwear according to claim 1, wherein the second heel counter portion is configured to receive a top portion of the heel. 4. The article of footwear according to claim 1, wherein a first intermediate portion is disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion and wherein the first intermediate portion has an interior portion associated with a first curvature. 5. The article of footwear according to claim 4, wherein a second intermediate portion is disposed between the third end portion and the fourth end portion and wherein the second intermediate portion has an interior portion associated with a second curvature that is greater than the first curvature. 6. The article of footwear according to claim 4, wherein the second intermediate portion is disposed closer to a forefoot portion of the sock liner than the first intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction. 7. The article of footwear according to claim 4, wherein the heel counter portion includes a third heel counter section disposed between the first heel counter section and the second heel counter section and wherein the third heel counter section includes a fifth end portion and a sixth end portion that are separated by a third distance in the lateral direction and wherein the third distance is greater than the first distance. 8. An article of footwear, comprising: a sock liner including a heel counter portion integrally formed with the sock liner so as to be a single piece, the sock liner being removably disposed within an interior of the article of footwear such that an exterior portion of the sock liner is disposed along an inner surface of an upper within the interior of the article of footwear and an interior portion of the sock liner including the heel counter portion is exposed to the interior of the article of footwear;the sock liner including a longitudinal direction associated with a length of a sole;the sock liner including a lateral direction associated with a width of the sole, the lateral direction being generally perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;the sock liner including a vertical direction that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction;the heel counter portion including a first heel counter section and a second heel counter section wherein the first heel counter section is disposed below the second heel counter section in a generally vertical direction;the first heel counter section including a first end portion, a second end portion and a first intermediate portion disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion;the second heel counter section including a third end portion, a fourth end portion and a second intermediate portion disposed between the third end portion and the fourth end portion;wherein the first intermediate portion has a first curvature that is greater than a second curvature associated with the second intermediate portion;wherein the first heel counter section includes a bottom formed by the sock liner and wherein the second heel counter section is open along the vertical direction above the bottom of the first heel counter section;wherein the sock liner extends over a substantial entirety of a foot bed of the article of footwear from a heel portion to a forefoot portion;wherein the sock liner is substantially flat at the forefoot portion; andwherein the heel counter portion is configured so as to terminate within the heel region of the sock liner in the longitudinal direction and is further configured so as to not extend above an ankle of a wearer of the article of footwear in the vertical direction. 9. The article of footwear according to claim 8, wherein the first curvature is associated with a first interior portion of the first heel counter section and wherein the second curvature is associated with a second interior portion of the second heel counter section. 10. The article of footwear according to claim 8, wherein the first end portion and the second end portion are separated by a first distance substantially oriented in the lateral direction and wherein the third end portion and the fourth end portion that are separated by a second distance substantially oriented in the lateral direction and wherein the first distance is different than the second distance. 11. The article of footwear according to claim 10, wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance. 12. The article of footwear according to claim 8, wherein the first heel counter section is disposed adjacent to a base portion of a heel. 13. The article of footwear according to claim 12, wherein the second heel counter section is disposed adjacent to an ankle portion of a heel. 14. The article of footwear according to claim 8, wherein the heel counter portion includes a third heel counter section disposed between the first heel counter section and the second heel counter section in the vertical direction and wherein the third heel counter section includes a fifth end portion, a sixth end portion and a third intermediate portion disposed between the fifth end portion and the sixth end portion and wherein the third intermediate portion has a third curvature that is less than the first curvature; and wherein the third heel counter section is open along the vertical direction above the bottom of the first heel counter section. 15. An article of footwear, comprising: an upper;a sock liner including a heel counter portion integrally formed with the sock liner, the sock liner removably disposed inside of the upper such that an exterior portion of the sock liner is disposed along an inner surface of the upper and an interior portion of the sock liner including the heel counter portion is exposed to an interior of the article of footwear;the sock liner including a longitudinal direction associated with a length of a sole;the sock liner including a lateral direction associated with a width of the sole, the lateral direction being generally perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;the sock liner including a vertical direction that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction;the heel counter portion including a first heel counter section and a second heel counter section wherein the first heel counter section is disposed below the second heel counter section in a generally vertical direction;wherein a portion of the first heel counter section extends rearwards of the second heel counter section in the longitudinal direction;wherein the first heel counter section and the second heel counter section form a single monolithic heel counter portion that is integrally formed with the sock liner as a single piece, the monolithic heel counter portion having a bottom along the first heel counter section defined by the sock liner to receive a bottom portion of a heel and a flat top edge along the second heel counter section that is open through the vertical direction to receive an upper portion of the heel;wherein the sock liner extends over a substantial entirety of a foot bed of the article of footwear from a heel portion to a forefoot portion;wherein the sock liner is substantially flat at the forefoot portion; andwherein the monolithic heel counter portion is configured so as to terminate within the heel region of the sock liner in the longitudinal direction and is further configured so as to not extend above an ankle of a wearer of the article of footwear in the vertical direction. 16. The article of footwear according to claim 15, wherein the first heel counter section includes a first end portion, a second end portion and a first intermediate portion disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion and wherein the second heel counter section includes a third end portion, a fourth end portion and a second intermediate portion disposed between the third end portion and the fourth end portion and wherein the first intermediate portion has a first curvature than is greater than a second curvature associated with the second intermediate portion. 17. The article of footwear according to claim 15, wherein the first heel counter section is wider than the second heel counter section in a substantially lateral direction. 18. The article of footwear according to claim 16, wherein the first intermediate portion is disposed closer to a heel portion of the sock liner than the second intermediate portion in a substantially longitudinal direction. 19. The article of footwear according to claim 15, wherein the heel counter portion includes a third heel counter section disposed between the first heel counter section and the second heel counter section in the vertical direction and wherein the third heel counter section extends further rearwards of the first heel counter section and the second heel counter section in the longitudinal direction. 20. An article of footwear, comprising: an upper;a sock liner removably disposed within an interior of the article of footwear formed by the upper, the sock liner including a heel counter portion, the heel counter portion integrally formed with the sock liner, the sock liner arranged within the interior of the article of footwear such that an exterior portion of the sock liner is disposed along an inner surface of the upper and an interior portion of the sock liner including the heel counter portion is exposed to the interior of the article of footwear;the sock liner including a longitudinal direction associated with a length of the sole; the sock liner including a lateral direction associated with a width of a sole, the lateral direction being generally perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;the sock liner including a vertical direction that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction;the heel counter portion comprising a single monolithic heel counter portion including a first heel counter section and a second heel counter section wherein the first heel counter section is disposed below the second heel counter section in a generally vertical direction;the first heel counter section including a first end portion and a second end portion that are oriented substantially in the longitudinal direction;the first end portion and the second end portion being separated by a first distance substantially oriented in the lateral direction;the second heel counter section including a third end portion and a fourth end portion that are oriented substantially in the longitudinal direction;the third end portion and the fourth end portion being separated by a second distance substantially oriented in the lateral direction;the first heel counter section including a first intermediate portion disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion, the first intermediate portion being associated with a first curvature;the second heel counter section including a second intermediate portion disposed between the third end portion and the fourth end portion, the second intermediate portion being associated with a second curvature;wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance and wherein the first curvature is greater than the second curvature and wherein the first heel counter section is disposed further rearward of the second heel counter section in the longitudinal direction;wherein the article of footwear further includes a bootie that fits inside the upper;wherein a bottom of the bootie is disposed above the sock liner and the heel counter portion of the sock liner receives a heel portion of the bootie;wherein the heel portion of the bootie has a contoured shape that corresponds with a contoured shape of the heel counter portion;wherein the sock liner extends over a substantial entirety of a foot bed of the article of footwear from a heel portion to a forefoot portion; andwherein the sock liner is substantially flat at the forefoot portion. 21. The article of footwear according to claim 20, wherein the first heel counter section includes a bottom formed by the sock liner and wherein the second heel counter section is open along the vertical direction above the bottom of the first heel counter section. 22. The article of footwear according to claim 20, wherein geometry of the heel counter portion is configured to conform to the shape of a heel. 23. The article of footwear according to claim 21, wherein the heel portion of the bootie has a geometry that conforms to the shape of a heel.
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