Jeffrey R Rasmussen

US Patent:

20190320759, Oct 24, 2019

Filed:

Apr 9, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/378849

Inventors:

- Beaverton OR, US
Ross Klein - Portland OR, US
Troy C. Lindner - Portland OR, US
Bryan R. Picco - Beaverton OR, US
Jeffrey George Rasmussen - Portland OR, US
Bryan K. Youngs - Beaverton OR, US

Assignee:

NIKE, Inc. - Beaverton OR

International Classification:

A43B 13/20
A43B 13/18

Abstract:

A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a first plate, a fluid-filled bladder supported on the first plate, and a second plate supported on the fluid-filled bladder with the fluid-filled bladder disposed between the first plate and the second plate. The first plate ascends rearward of the fluid-filled bladder and the second plate descends rearward of the fluid-filled bladder with a posterior portion of the first plate above a posterior portion of the second plate rearward of the fluid-filled bladder. A method of manufacturing footwear sole structures includes assembling sole structures for plural ranges of footwear sizes, each of the sole structures including a fluid-filled bladder with a predetermined inflation pressure that is different for at least two of the plural ranges.