US 11,751,639 B2
Sole structure for article of footwear
Mike Ekstrom, Wilsonville, OR (US); Elizabeth Fulkerson, Portland, OR (US); Michael J. Hass, Sherwood, OR (US); John Hlavacs, Portland, OR (US); Ethan Lee, Beaverton, OR (US); Ricardo Salinas, Jr., Hillsboro, OR (US); and Darlan Zacharia, Beaverton, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/183,281.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/980,606, filed on Feb. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0259367 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. A43C 15/16 (2006.01); A43B 13/22 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC A43C 15/162 (2013.01) [A43B 13/122 (2013.01); A43B 13/125 (2013.01); A43B 13/223 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outsole for an article of footwear, the outsole having a plantar surface and a peripheral surface surrounding the plantar surface and comprising:
an annular cleat set including a first plurality of traction elements arranged in series about a central axis on the plantar surface, the first plurality of traction elements including a plurality of major cleats and a plurality of minor cleats, the plurality of major cleats arranged in a first ring about the central axis and the plurality of minor cleats arranged in a second ring about the central axis, wherein the first ring has a larger diameter than the second ring, and wherein the major cleats have a greater height than the minor cleats, and one or more of the plurality of major cleats includes a reinforcing rib extending toward the central axis; and
one or more radial cleat sets each including a second plurality of the traction elements aligned along a respective radial axis intersecting the central axis, at least one of the second plurality of the traction elements including a peripheral cleat formed on the peripheral surface, wherein a given radial cleat set of the one or more radial cleat sets is arranged such that, within the given radial cleat set, a dimension progressively decreases from one radial cleat to a next radial cleat, moving along the respective radial axis from the peripheral cleat toward the annular cleat set.