Patents Assigned to Nike Innovate C.V.
  • Patent number: 9392841
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to articles of footwear and components thereof, including outsoles, which can be used in conditions normally conducive to the accumulation of soil on the outsoles. In particular, the disclosure relates to articles of footwear and components thereof including an outsole with an external thermoplastic hydrogel film that compositionally includes polyamide block copolymer chains. The outsoles can prevent or reduce the accumulation of soil on the footwear during wear on unpaved surfaces such as sporting fields. When the outsoles are wetted with water, the outsoles can become more compliant and/or can rapidly uptake and/or expel water, which can prevent soil from adhering to the outsole and/or can assist in shedding soil present on the outsole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Nike Innovate C.V.
    Inventors: Jeremy D. Walker, Caleb W. Dyer, Zachary C. Wright, Myron Maurer, Denis Schiller, Hossein A. Baghdadi