Abstract: An article of footwear may include a sole structure fixedly attached to an upper defining an internal cavity configured to receive a foot of a wearer. The sole structure may include an exposed outer member configured to contact the ground, the exposed outer member including a first aperture, and a sensory feedback member disposed at least partially within the first aperture in the outer member, the sensory feedback member including a first end and a second end. The first end of the sensory feedback member may include a projection extending through the first aperture and configured to contact the ground. In addition, the second end of the sensory feedback member may include a plurality of flexible bristles extending through a portion of the sole structure and exposed to the internal cavity.
Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear can include a midsole and an outsole. The outsole can include one or more layers, and the one or more layers can be printed material deposited directly onto the midsole. In some instances, the outsole can include a base layer and an outermost layer. The base layer can include a first printed material deposited directly onto the midsole and includes a first width. The outermost layer can include a second printed material deposited onto the base layer and includes a second width, and the second width can less than or greater than the first width.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 8, 2026
Publication date:
November 5, 2026
Applicant:
NIKE, Inc.
Inventors:
Jay Constantinou, Sami M. Fakhouri, Laura C. Marshala, Thea Moshofsky, Jill D. Murfin, David A. Stasiuk, Randall S. Wolfe, Tianhan Zhang
Abstract: An adjustment mechanism that may include a body and a frame both together forming an outer casing. The body may include an exterior having an outermost face, an interior, and an opening extending through the outermost face to expose the interior. The frame may include a fastener extending from the interior of the body to the exterior of the body, through the opening and the outermost face of the body. The frame may include an actuator coupled with the fastener and a stop. The stop may include a linkage having a first arm, a second arm, a first flange, and a second flange opposite the first flange. The first flange may include a lip movable between an engaged position in which the lip engages an underside of the fastener and a disengaged position in which the lip is disengaged from the underside of the fastener.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 15, 2026
Publication date:
November 5, 2026
Applicant:
NIKE, Inc.
Inventors:
Susan D. CESSOR, Carrie ABBAMONTO, Erika GENTRY
Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a first plate extending from a forefoot region of the sole structure to a heel region of the sole structure. The first plate has a first surface and a second surface formed on an opposite side of the first plate than the first surface. The sole structure further includes a second plate extending from the forefoot region to the heel region. The second plate has a third surface opposing the second surface of the first plate and a fourth surface disposed on an opposite side of the second plate than the third surface. The third surface is spaced apart from the second surface to define a cavity between the first plate and the second plate that extends from a medial side of the sole structure to a lateral side of the sole structure between the forefoot region and the heel region.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 10, 2026
Publication date:
November 5, 2026
Applicant:
NIKE, Inc.
Inventors:
Joël Ryp Greenspan, Oliver McLachlan, Stuart Reinhardt, Timothy J. Smith, Krissy Yetman
Abstract: Athletic activity may be tracked while providing encouragement to perform athletic activity. For example, a user's route may be captured during a workout and used to assemble a media presentation corresponding to the workout. Prior captured images may be assembled forming a hyperlapse video and included in a media presentation corresponding to a user's workout. Images representing locations along a workout route may be assembled and provided in the media presentation and may be shared with other users.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 12, 2021
Date of Patent:
November 3, 2026
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc.
Inventors:
Tagu Kato, Adam Tenuta, Alvin Helmandi, Davor Krvavac, Masaya Nakade, Brian Snyder
Abstract: An insole for an article of footwear can include a sheet comprising a plurality of domes that are spaced apart from one another and interconnected by a connecting portion of the sheet. The connecting portion extends between adjacent domes and around each dome. Each dome is deflectable from a first state where at least a peak of the dome protrudes in a first direction, away from the connecting portion and a first side of the sheet, to a second state where at least the peak protrudes in a second direction, away from the connecting portion and a second side of the sheet, where the second direction is opposite the first direction and the second side is opposite the first side.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 14, 2025
Date of Patent:
November 3, 2026
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc.
Inventors:
Austin J. Orand, Richard Kristian Hansen