Abstract: Articles of apparel comprising an outer skin, an inner skin, and a core disposed between the outer skin. The outer skin, the inner skin, and the core can be integrally formed. Features of the outer skin, inner skin, and/or core can be manufactured to provide desired properties for the article of apparel, for example cushioning properties, force redirecting properties, air flow properties, and gripping properties. In some embodiments, the article of apparel comprises a glove.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 7, 2025
Date of Patent:
November 3, 2026
Assignee:
adidas AG
Inventors:
Christian Manuel Arias Delgado, Fionn Corcoran-Tadd, Matteo E. Padovani
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sole for a shoe, in particular for a sports shoe such as a running shoe, comprising (a) a midsole, and (b) at least one ground-contacting support element comprising a foam material and being distinct from the midsole, (c) wherein the foam material of the at least one ground-contacting support element is stiffer than a midsole material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 24, 2025
Date of Patent:
October 20, 2026
Assignee:
adidas AG
Inventors:
Melanie Astudillo, Ulisse Tanzini, Thomas Pitts, Pauline Streissel, Erin Bendig, John Thomas Newcomb
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a shoe, in particular a sports shoe, comprising the steps of providing a plurality of individual particles for a sole element in a mold, providing an upper in the mold, and fusing the plurality of individual particles and the upper by means of an electromagnetic field to bond the plurality of individual particles with each other and with the upper.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 12, 2023
Date of Patent:
October 20, 2026
Assignee:
adidas AG
Inventors:
Christoph Dyckmans, Andreas J. Seefried, Bastian Gothe, Maximilian Drexler, Amir Fathi, Tru Le, Chris Holmes
Abstract: An article of footwear may include a sole and an upper connected to the sole. The sole may include a first solid component and a second solid component. The sole may further include an additively manufactured mesh component that is arranged between the first solid component and the second solid component. The mesh component may be connected to each of the first solid component and the second solid component.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 9, 2024
Date of Patent:
October 20, 2026
Assignee:
adidas AG
Inventors:
Zachary C. Coonrod, Berin Skye B, Keith A. Blume, Derek Andrew Luther, Ladan Salari-Sharif, Iain Martin Hannah, Jacques M. Perrault, Christian Manuel Arias Delgado, Dustin Kendrick
Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods can be used including receiving motion data including comparing time-stamped speed data with predetermined cycling speed ranges, categorizing the speed data into portions of a minute that indicate each of the predetermined cycling speed ranges, determining portions of a minute indicate a cycling activity has begun, determining portions of a later minute indicate a cycling activity has paused or ended, confirming a minimum time inactive indicating that a cycling activity has ended, and determining that a minimum time active has elapsed between the indication a cycling activity has begun and indication a cycling activity has ended such that a cycling activity is categorized as a cycling workout.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 23, 2024
Date of Patent:
October 20, 2026
Assignee:
adidas AG
Inventors:
Alan Lee, Stephen John Black, Jason Iijima
Abstract: Methods for manufacturing cushioning elements for sports apparel are described. A method is provided for manufacturing a cushioning element for sports apparel from randomly arranged particles of an expanded material. The method includes positioning a functional element within a mold and loading the mold with the particles of the expanded material, wherein the loading occurs through at least two openings within the mold and/or wherein the loading occurs between different movable parts of the mold.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 28, 2024
Date of Patent:
October 20, 2026
Assignee:
adidas AG
Inventors:
Angus Wardlaw, Gerd Rainer Manz, Tru Huu Minh Le, Warren Freeman
Abstract: A sports shoe includes an upper wherein a majority by weight of the upper is made from a thermoplastic base material and a sole wherein a majority by weight of the sole is made from the same thermoplastic base material. The sole and the upper are individually fabricated and joined to each other. The thermoplastic base material includes at least one of the following materials: thermoplastic polyurethane TPU, polyamide PA, polyethylene terephthalate PET, or polybutylene terephthalate PBT.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 18, 2021
Date of Patent:
October 20, 2026
Assignee:
adidas AG
Inventors:
Marco Kormann, Christopher Edward Holmes, Brian Hoying, Adam Martin Brundage
Abstract: Articles comprises iron oxide colloidal nanocrystals arranged within chains, wherein the chains of nanocrystals are embedded within a material used to form the article or a transfer medium used to transfer a color to the article are described. The material or transfer medium includes elastic properties that allow the nanocrystals to display a temporary color determined by the strength of an external force applied to the article, and the material or transfer medium includes memory properties that cause the displayed temporary color to dissipate when the external force is removed, wherein the dissipation of the displayed temporary color is sufficiently slow as to be visually observable by an average observer's unaided eye.
Abstract: Described are articles of wear including with a material with color changing properties. The material includes at least one elastic portion having an unstretched colored appearance and a stretched colored appearance. The material also includes at least one fixed portion having the stretched colored appearance regardless of a magnitude of an external force applied to the at least one fixed portion.
Abstract: Soles for articles of footwear including a mechanically anisotropic three-dimensional mesh. The mechanically anisotropic three-dimensional mesh can include one or more mechanically anisotropic regions with a first lattice shear modulus measured in a first direction and a second lattice shear modulus measured in a second direction opposite to or orthogonal to the first direction. The first and second lattice shear moduli are different to provide the three-dimensional mesh with mechanically anisotropic properties. The mechanically anisotropic three-dimensional mesh can be three-dimensionally printed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 6, 2024
Date of Patent:
September 22, 2026
Assignee:
adidas AG
Inventors:
Blayne Hettinga, Shannon Pomeroy, Iain Martin Hannah, Ladan Salari-Sharif, Dustin Kendrick, Jacques M. Perrault, Andrew Schneider
Abstract: Shoes, in particular sports shoes, that comprise an upper and a heel element arranged to at least partially overlap with at least a part of the upper. The heel element is configured to envelop at least a part of a heel of a wearer of the shoe and is movable with respect to the upper. The movable arrangement between the heel element and the upper allows the wearer to adjust the fit of the shoe.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 16, 2024
Date of Patent:
September 8, 2026
Assignee:
adidas AG
Inventors:
Stephan Dietrich, Willem Van Beuningen, Criselda Ocuaman Virata, Cori Kristine Marble Steele, David John Yong, Christopher James Polster, Ian James Hennebery, Nicole Jean Demby, Kathryn Ann Farina
Abstract: A sole for a shoe, in particular for a sports shoe, such as a running shoe, the sole including a midsole and a reinforcing frame, wherein at least a first part of the reinforcing frame substantially surrounds an outer boundary of the midsole in one or more of: a lateral side region, a medial side region, a heel region, and a toe region of the midsole thereby defining an open space such that a part of the midsole is received in the open space.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 25, 2024
Date of Patent:
September 8, 2026
Assignee:
adidas AG
Inventors:
Benjamin Peter, Ulisse Matthias Tanzini, Francisca Paredes, Niklas Nester, Peter Valdivia, Melanie Astudillo