Patent ID: 11944154
Assignee: UNDER ARMOUR, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A method of making a sole member for an article of footwear comprising:
providing a lower member including a toe portion and a heel portion, the heel portion having a greater hardness than the toe portion, the lower member including a textured upper surface defining a first pattern of shapes, wherein the toe portion includes a forward portion, a medial arm, and a lateral arm, the medial arm extending along a perimeter of the sole member in a medial plantar facia region, the lateral arm extending along the perimeter of the sole member in a lateral plantar fascia region, and the heel portion extending to a region between the medial arm and the lateral arm on the sole member;
providing an elevated member including textured lower surface defining a second pattern of shapes that is complementary to the first pattern of shapes, the elevated member having a lesser hardness than the heel portion; and
engaging the textured lower surface of the elevated member with the textured upper surface of the lower member such that the textured upper surface of the lower member is interlocked with the textured lower surface of the elevated member.