Patent ID: 9510645
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: A43B

Claim Text:
1. An article of footwear comprising: a sole structure including a longitudinal direction associated with a length of the sole structure and the sole structure including a lateral direction associated with a width of the sole structure; a first longitudinal flex groove and a second longitudinal flex groove extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein the second longitudinal flex groove is disposed adjacent to the first longitudinal flex groove with no other longitudinal flex groove disposed between the first longitudinal flex groove and the second longitudinal flex groove, and wherein the first longitudinal flex groove is disposed towards a lateral edge of the sole structure and the second longitudinal flex groove is disposed towards a medial edge of the sole structure; a lateral flex groove set comprising a first lateral flex groove and a second lateral flex groove extending in the lateral direction, wherein the first lateral flex groove is disposed adjacent to the second lateral flex groove with no other lateral flex grooves disposed between the first lateral flex groove and the second lateral flex groove, wherein the first longitudinal flex groove intersecting the first lateral flex groove at a first intersection and the first longitudinal flex groove intersecting the second lateral flex groove at a second intersection; a first diagonal flex groove being oriented in a direction between the longitudinal direction, the first diagonal flex groove extending from the first intersection to a lateral edge of the sole structure; a second diagonal flex groove being oriented in a direction between the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, the second diagonal flex groove extending from the second intersection to a lateral edge of the sole structure; and wherein the first diagonal flex groove is configured to intersect with the second diagonal flex groove in an approximately rectilinear manner.