Patent ID: 9675133
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A43B,A43C,B29D,B29K

Claim:
1. An article of footwear, including an upper configured to receive a foot and a sole component fixedly attached to a bottom portion of the upper, the sole component comprising: a baseplate having a bottom surface; and an arrangement of ground engaging members extending downward from the bottom surface of the baseplate, the arrangement of ground engaging members including at least a first ground engaging member and a second ground engaging member; the baseplate further including a reinforcing shank arrangement including a plurality of reinforcing strips formed of a different material than portions of the baseplate adjacent the reinforcing strips, the plurality of reinforcing strips being exposed and forming outer surfaces of the sole component; wherein at least a first reinforcing strip of the plurality of reinforcing strips forms at least a portion of a first substantially square platform from which the first ground engaging member extends, and at least a portion of a second substantially square platform from which the second ground engaging member extends; wherein the first reinforcing strip has a first width adjacent the first substantially square platform, and the first substantially square platform has a second width that is larger than the first width of the first reinforcing strip; wherein the plurality of reinforcing strips includes an adjoining strip extending between the first substantially square platform and the second substantially square platform; and wherein one side of the adjoining strip is flush with a first edge of the first substantially square platform, and an opposite side of the adjoining strip is flush with an edge of the second substantially square platform opposite the first edge of the first substantially square platform.