Abstract: A footwear article may comprise an upper portion, the upper portion further comprising a sleeve configured to receive a locking member. The footwear article further comprises a sole structure oriented at a bottom of the footwear. The sole structure may comprise a midsole further comprising a peripheral channel configured to receive the sleeve and the locking member and an outsole configured for ground contact. The locking member disposed within the peripheral channel operates to secure the upper portion to the sole structure.

Abstract: Footwear may comprise customizable support plates. Methods for customizing footwear comprising a support plate may comprise applying heat to the footwear article to raise a temperature of the support plate to less than the melt temperature of the composition of the support plate such that the support plate becomes non-rigid in a first state, applying force to the support plate in the first state to customize a shape of the support plate, allowing the footwear to cool such that the support plate is at a second state having a higher rigidity than the first state.

Abstract: A sneaker may comprise an outsole. The outsole may comprise a heel zone disposed adjacent a first end of the outsole. The outsole may comprise a forefoot zone disposed adjacent a second end of the outsole opposite the first end. The forefoot zone may be formed from a first climbing rubber. The outsole may comprise a durability zone disposed at a midfoot of the outsole interposed between the heel zone and forefoot zone. The sneaker may comprise an upper coupled to the outsole. The sneaker may comprise a heel grip having a cup shape configured to be disposed at the first end of the outsole over at least a portion of the heel zone of the outsole and at least a portion of a heel portion of the upper. The sneaker may comprise a toe grip disposed adjacent the vamp of the upper.

Abstract: A fabric integrating one or more binding parts with a tie obtained by the following textile construction of the fabric: a) the fabric includes two superposed individual layers of fabric secured to one another, one outer layer on the tie side and the other inner layer lining the inner layer of fabric, b) several warp threads of the outer layer of fabric, called binding threads as they together form a binding loop, freely overlapping several weft threads of the same layer and/or several weft threads of the outer layer of fabric, called binding threads as they together form a binding loop, freely overlapping several warp threads of the same layer, with the inner layer of fabric, an eyelet for passage of the tie at the place where the weft and/or warp threads overlap, obtained by deformation and/or extension of said binding threads, at the binding location of the fabric.

Abstract: The badminton racket (1) includes a frame (2), a handle (4) and a shaft (6) connecting the frame to the handle. It defines a first direction (D1) parallel to a longitudinal axis (X1) of the shaft, a second direction (D2) perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to a plane (P8) in which strings (8) extend mounted in the frame (2), and a third direction (D3) perpendicular to the first and second directions (D1, D2) and the plane (P8) of the strings. The bending rigidity of the shaft (6) in the third direction (D3) is greater than its bending rigidity in the second direction (D2).

Abstract: The badminton racket (1) includes a frame (2), a handle (4) and a shaft (6) connecting the frame to the handle. It defines a first direction (D1) parallel to a longitudinal axis (X1) of the shaft, a second direction (D2) perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to a plane (P8) in which strings (8) extend mounted in the frame (2), and a third direction (D3) perpendicular to the first and second directions (D1, D2) and the plane (P8) of the strings. The bending rigidity of the shaft (6) in the third direction (D3) is greater than its bending rigidity in the second direction (D2).