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Article of footwear with soil-shedding performance

  • US 10,076,157 B2
  • Filed: 07/30/2015
  • Issued: 09/18/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An outsole for an article of footwear, the outsole comprising:

  • an outsole substrate having a ground facing surface;

    a crosslinked polymeric material on the ground facing surface and defining an external surface of the outsole, wherein the crosslinked polymeric material has a wet-state glass transition temperature and a dry-state glass transition temperature, each as characterized by a Glass Transition Temperature Test with a Neat Film Sampling Procedure, and wherein the wet-state glass transition temperature is at least 6 degrees C. less than the dry-state glass transition temperature; and

    a plurality of traction elements on the ground facing surface of the outsole substrate.

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