Patents by Inventor Barbara Stegmaier

Barbara Stegmaier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Article of footwear with an internal and external midsole structure
    Patent number: 9661893
    Abstract: Articles of footwear having both interior and exterior midsole components may include: (a) an upper that at least in part defines an interior chamber; (b) an interior midsole component within the interior chamber, wherein, at a forefoot region, the interior midsole component includes a longitudinal flexion line and a plurality of transverse flexion lines; and (c) an exterior sole structure engaged with the upper. This exterior sole structure may include: (a) an exterior midsole component in a heel region of the article of footwear that does not extend under the forefoot region of the article of footwear and (b) an outsole component that extends under the forefoot region. If desired, the outsole component may extend under the exterior midsole component in the rearfoot region. The interior midsole component may include a plurality of pod elements separated from one another by the flexion lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Barbara Stegmaier, Daniel A. Williamson, David J. Dirsa, Miaochang Zadnik, Fei Huang, Pu He
  • Article of Footwear with an Internal and External Midsole Structure
    Publication number: 20130125421
    Abstract: Articles of footwear having both interior and exterior midsole components may include: (a) an upper that at least in part defines an interior chamber; (b) an interior midsole component within the interior chamber, wherein, at a forefoot region, the interior midsole component includes a longitudinal flexion line and a plurality of transverse flexion lines; and (c) an exterior sole structure engaged with the upper. This exterior sole structure may include: (a) an exterior midsole component in a heel region of the article of footwear that does not extend under the forefoot region of the article of footwear and (b) an outsole component that extends under the forefoot region. If desired, the outsole component may extend under the exterior midsole component in the rearfoot region. The interior midsole component may include a plurality of pod elements separated from one another by the flexion lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Barbara Stegmaier, Daniel A. Williamson, David J. Dirsa, Miaochang Zadnik, Fei Huang, Pu He