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Shoe with lattice structure

  • US 10,470,519 B2
  • Filed: 03/11/2016
  • Issued: 11/12/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An article of footwear comprising:

  • an upper; and

    a sole coupled to the upper, the sole including;

    a platform having a toe portion and a heel portion, the platform having a first surface configured to face a sole of a foot and a second surface opposite the first surface; and

    a lattice extending from the second surface of the platform, the lattice including a plurality of laths forming a plurality of uniform cell units and a plurality of non-uniform partial cell units, each lath of the plurality of laths having a longitudinal structure with a longitudinal axis and two ends;

    wherein each cell unit of the plurality of uniform cell units is defined by a plurality of faces, each face of the plurality of faces is defined by an area within a plane formed by a plurality of adjacent vertices, each vertex of the plurality of adjacent vertices is formed by at least two ends of at least two laths of the plurality of laths joined together, and all cell units of the plurality of uniform cell units have a substantially uniform volume; and

    wherein each non-uniform partial cell unit is defined by at least two partial faces, each partial face of the at least two partial faces is defined by an area within a plane formed by at least one vertex and at least a portion of one of at least two laths of the plurality of laths joined together-at the at least one vertex.

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