Patent ID: 11957207
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  F | IPC A  F

Claim 7:
8. A sealed connection, comprising:
a rotatable valve stem having a peripheral wall, wherein a first fluid port extends through the peripheral wall;
a manifold including a first manifold port; and
a sealing connector including: (a) a first connector port in direct contact with the peripheral wall, (b) a second connector port connected to the first manifold port, and (c) a first connector fluid path extending between the first connector port and the second connector port, wherein rotation of the rotatable valve stem to a first position at least partially aligns the first fluid port of the rotatable valve stem with the first connector port to place the first fluid port of the rotatable valve stem in fluid communication with the first manifold port through the first connector fluid path, wherein the first connector port includes an arched outer surface extending outward from a base surface of the sealing connector and shaped to correspond to a curvature of an outer surface of the peripheral wall and/or to seal the first connector port with the peripheral wall, wherein rotation of the rotatable valve stem defines an axial direction and a rotational direction, and wherein the arched outer surface includes: (a) two opposed local maxima points on opposite sides of the first connector port in the rotational direction, and (b) two opposed local minima points on opposite sides of the first connector port in the axial direction.