Patent ID: 11944158
Assignee: ADIDAS AG
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A sole element for a cleated article of footwear, comprising:
a composite element with an anisotropic bending property; and
a polymer element having a top surface and a bottom surface that is dorsally curved away from a portion corresponding to a ball of a wearer's foot to a toe end such that the bottom surface is convex in a ground facing direction, wherein the polymer element is over-injected onto the composite element and that at least partially covers the composite element,
at least one opening formed in the bottom surface of the polymer element configured to expose at least a part of the composite element, and
wherein the sole element has a first bending stiffness in a first direction and a second bending stiffness that is lower than the first bending stiffness in a second direction, opposite the first direction.