Patent ID: 11957205
Assignee: SR HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A footwear construction comprising:
a first midsole including a first midsole upper surface configured to face toward a user's foot placed within the footwear construction, and an opposing first midsole lower surface;
a second midsole including a second midsole upper surface that is below the first midsole lower surface, the second midsole upper surface defining a plurality of downwardly extending first apertures and a plurality of downwardly extending second apertures, the second midsole upper surface directly joined with and engaging the first midsole lower surface around an upper end of each of the plurality of first apertures such that the first midsole lower surface closes the upper end of the plurality of first apertures, the second midsole having a second midsole lower surface that is convoluted and includes a plurality of peaks surrounded by a plurality of valleys, the plurality of first apertures extending downward from the second midsole upper surface into the plurality of peaks a first distance, the plurality of second apertures extending downward from the second midsole upper surface toward the valleys a second distance that is less than the first distance; and
an outsole layer disposed over and following the convoluted second midsole lower surface, the plurality of peaks and the plurality of valleys,
wherein each of the plurality of peaks is downwardly extending, and includes a curvature as each peak transitions to a respective valley,
wherein the outsole layer extends downward along the curvature of a respective peak of the plurality of peaks and through a respective valley of the plurality of valleys, the outsole layer being disposed in the respective valley and transitioning from a first peak to a second peak of the plurality of peaks on opposing sides of the respective valley.