US 11,832,686 B2
Foot support systems including fluid movement controllers and adjustable foot support pressure
Devin Bailly, Portland, OR (US); Narissa Y. Chang, Portland, OR (US); Elizabeth Langvin, Sherwood, OR (US); SooMan Park, Busan (KR); Levi J. Patton, Portland, OR (US); Remy Pieron, Portland, OR (US); Hector R. Quinonez, Beaverton, OR (US); Adam Vollmer, Portland, OR (US); and Philip Woodman, Treviso (IT)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on May 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/333,309.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,441, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,471, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,455, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,413, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,433, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,429, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,444, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,423, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,460, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,451, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,482, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,395, filed on May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,468, filed on May 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0368926 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A43B 13/20 (2006.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01); A43B 3/34 (2022.01); F04B 43/08 (2006.01); F04B 43/113 (2006.01); F16K 11/02 (2006.01); F16K 27/06 (2006.01); F16K 11/085 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/203 (2013.01) [A43B 3/34 (2022.01); A43B 13/186 (2013.01); A43B 13/206 (2013.01); F04B 43/08 (2013.01); F04B 43/113 (2013.01); F16K 11/02 (2013.01); F16K 27/065 (2013.01); F16K 11/0856 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foot support system, comprising:
a foot support bladder;
a first sole member engaged with the foot support bladder, wherein the first sole member includes a plantar support surface at least at a heel support area of the foot support system and a sidewall forming an exterior surface of the first sole member;
a fluid container;
a fluid distributor engaged with the exterior surface of the first sole member, wherein the fluid distributor includes: (a) an inlet, (b) a first fluid pathway for transferring fluid to an external environment, (c) a second fluid pathway in fluid communication with the foot support bladder, and (d) a third fluid pathway in fluid communication with the fluid container; and
a fluid supply including a first pump and a second pump, wherein an inlet of the first pump is in fluid communication with the external environment, wherein an outlet of the first pump is in fluid communication with an inlet of the second pump, and wherein an outlet of the second pump is in fluid communication with the inlet of the fluid distributor.