Patent ID: 11864622
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 6:
7. A set of ground-engaging components for articles of footwear of varying footwear sizes, comprising:
(a) a first ground-engaging component of a first standard size including: (i) an outer perimeter boundary rim that at least partially defines an outer perimeter of the first ground-engaging component, wherein the outer perimeter boundary rim of the first ground-engaging component defines an upper-facing surface and a ground-facing surface opposite the upper-facing surface, and wherein the outer perimeter boundary rim of the first ground-engaging component defines an interior area at least at a forefoot support area of the first ground-engaging component, and (ii) a matrix structure extending from the outer perimeter boundary rim and at least partially across the interior area of the first ground-engaging component at least at the forefoot support area of the first ground-engaging component to define an open cellular construction with plural open cells across the interior area at least at the forefoot support area of the first ground-engaging component; and
(b) a second ground-engaging component of a second standard size including: (i) an outer perimeter boundary rim that at least partially defines an outer perimeter of the second ground-engaging component, wherein the outer perimeter boundary rim of the second ground-engaging component defines an upper-facing surface and a ground-facing surface opposite the upper-facing surface, and wherein the outer perimeter boundary rim of the second ground-engaging component defines an interior area at least at a forefoot support area of the second ground-engaging component, and (ii) a matrix structure extending from the outer perimeter boundary rim and at least partially across the interior area of the second ground-engaging component at least at the forefoot support area of the second ground-engaging component to define an open cellular construction with plural open cells across the interior area at least at the forefoot support area of the second ground-engaging component,
wherein the second standard size of the second ground-engaging component is at least ±two standard sizes different from the first standard size of the first ground-engaging component, and wherein the matrix structure of the first ground-engaging component and the matrix structure of the second ground-engaging component differ from one another and are structured and arranged with respect to the outer perimeter boundary rim of the first ground-engaging component and the outer perimeter boundary rim of the second ground-engaging component, respectively, so that the second ground-engaging component has a forefoot stiffness within ±10% of a forefoot stiffness of the first ground-engaging component, when the forefoot stiffness is measured as Nm/rad.