Patent ID: 9486035
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: A43B

Claim Text:
1. An article of footwear comprising, in combination: an upper; and a sole assembly secured to the upper and including a support assembly having a plurality of layers, each layer having a smooth arcuate wave profile, a plurality of wave crests, and a plurality of wave troughs; wherein an amplitude of at least one layer is one of non-constant along its length and different than an amplitude of another layer; wherein a frequency of at least one layer is one of non-constant along its length and different than a frequency of another layer; and wherein a top of each wave crest in one of the layers positioned beneath another layer is connected to a bottom of one of the wave troughs, and a bottom of each wave trough in one of the layers positioned above another layer is connected to a top of one of the wave crests.