ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR WITH A HARNESS AND FLUID-FILLED CHAMBER ARRANGEMENT
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Abstract
An article of footwear is disclosed having a structural harness and impact-attenuating structure arrangement that includes a fluid-filled chamber. The article includes an upper, a sole secured to the upper having an impact-attenuating structure including a fluid-filled chamber and a structural harness. The structural harness may extend between the upper and fluid-filled chamber in a tensile arrangement that biases the fluid-filled chamber toward the upper and compresses the chamber. The structural harness may include a first layer, a thread layer bonded to the first layer and a second layer bonded to the thread layer on an opposite side of the thread layer. The thread layer may include threads configured to transmit tensile forces and restrict stretch in a longitudinal direction of the threads.
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44 Claims
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25. An article of footwear comprising:
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an upper including a medial side and a lateral side; a sole structure attached to the upper and including a fluid-filled chamber having a first chamber portion extending along the medial side and a second chamber portion extending along the lateral side, the first chamber portion being spaced apart from the second chamber portion across a width of the sole structure in a direction extending between the medial side and the lateral side; and a structural harness including a first harness portion extending between and in contact with the medial side of the upper and the first chamber portion and a second harness portion extending between and in contact with the lateral side of the upper and the second chamber portion. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An article of footwear comprising:
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an upper including a medial side and a lateral side; a sole structure attached to the upper and including a midsole and a fluid-filled chamber having a first chamber portion extending along the medial side and a second chamber portion extending along the lateral side, the midsole extending between the first chamber portion and the second chamber portion; and a structural harness including a first harness portion extending between and in contact with the medial side of the upper and the first chamber portion and a second harness portion extending between and in contact with the lateral side of the upper and the second chamber portion. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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Specification