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Rigid cantilevered stud

  • US 9,351,537 B2
  • Filed: 05/06/2013
  • Issued: 05/31/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sole structure for an article of footwear, comprising:

  • a sole base member that forms a portion of a ground-contact surface of the sole structure; and

    a rigid cantilevered stud having an attached end and an opposing free end, wherein the attached end is secured to the sole base member and the free end extends away from the attached end and forms a portion of the ground-contact surface of the sole structure during at least some portions of a step cycle, whereinthe free end is movable away from the sole base member as a result of flexure of the sole base member in a region of the attached end,the rigid cantilevered stud is oriented so that all of the free end is located forward of all of the attached end along a rear-to-front direction extending from a heel region of the sole structure to a toe region of the sole structure,the sole base member includes a recess formed therein, anda portion of the free end is contained within the recess when the sole structure is in an unflexed condition.

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