Patent ID: 11910869
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An article of footwear comprising:
a sole assembly;
a first bladder element having at least one chamber filled with a fluid, the first bladder element having a first bladder upper surface and a first bladder lower surface;
a second bladder element having at least one chamber filled with a fluid, the second bladder element having a second bladder upper surface and a second bladder lower surface, the first bladder lower surface being in contact with the second bladder upper surface; and
a window extending between a lateral side and a medial side of the sole assembly,
wherein the first bladder element has a first exposed portion that is exposed by the window and extends an entire length of the first bladder element and a first unexposed portion that covered by a first portion of the sole assembly that extends downward over the lateral and medial sides of the first unexposed portion to prevent exposure of the first unexposed portion through the window, and the second bladder element has a second exposed portion of the second bladder element that is exposed by the window and extends an entire length of the second bladder element and a second unexposed portion of the second bladder element that is covered by a second portion of the sole assembly that extends upward over the lateral and medial sides of the second unexposed portion to prevent exposure of the second unexposed portion through the window.