Soil-shedding article of footwear, components thereof, and methods of making the article
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1. An outsole for an article of footwear, the outsole comprising:
- an outsole backing member comprising a ground-facing surface of the outsole backing member and a surface of the outsole backing member opposing the ground-facing surface, the outsole configured to be secured to an upper for an article of footwear, a plurality of traction elements operably secured to the ground-facing surface of the outsole backing member, and a material on at least a portion of the ground-facing surface of the outsole backing member, the material compositionally comprising an ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer component consisting of an ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer or a combination of two or more ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymers, wherein a concentration of the ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer component present in the material is from 40 to 80 parts per hundred by weight based on a total polymer content of the material.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are articles of footwear and footwear components (e.g., footwear outsoles, and the like), and methods of manufacturing articles of footwear, at least a portion of which are composed of a material that includes an ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer component composed of an ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer or a combination of two or more ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymers.
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1. An outsole for an article of footwear, the outsole comprising:
an outsole backing member comprising a ground-facing surface of the outsole backing member and a surface of the outsole backing member opposing the ground-facing surface, the outsole configured to be secured to an upper for an article of footwear, a plurality of traction elements operably secured to the ground-facing surface of the outsole backing member, and a material on at least a portion of the ground-facing surface of the outsole backing member, the material compositionally comprising an ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer component consisting of an ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer or a combination of two or more ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymers, wherein a concentration of the ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer component present in the material is from 40 to 80 parts per hundred by weight based on a total polymer content of the material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An article of footwear, the article comprising:
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an upper of an article of footwear; an outsole having a first surface at least partially secured to the upper and an opposing second surface and a material is present on at least a portion of the second surface, the material compositionally comprising an ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer component consisting of an ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer or a combination of two or more ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymers, wherein a concentration of the ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer component present in the material is from 40 to 80 parts per hundred by weight based on a total polymer content of the material, wherein the article of footwear further comprises a plurality of traction elements operably secured to the second surface of the outsole. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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