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Article of footwear with soil-shedding performance

  • US 10,130,140 B2
  • Filed: 07/30/2015
  • Issued: 11/20/2018
  • 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 backing member having a ground-facing side, wherein the ground-facing side of the outsole backing member includes a plurality of traction elements; and

    a film secured to at least a portion of the ground-facing side of the outsole backing member and defining an external surface of the outsole, wherein the film comprises a crosslinked polymeric network, and wherein the film has a swell thickness increase at 1 hour greater than 20%, as characterize by a Swelling Capacity Test with a Footwear Sampling Procedure.

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