Patent ID: 9687044
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A43B

Claim:
1. A sole structure for an article of footwear having an upper, the sole structure comprising: a fluid-filled chamber component having a central portion, a plurality of lobes extending outward from the central portion, and a plurality of channels formed between the plurality of lobes, the plurality of channels extending in a direction from a top surface of the fluid-filled chamber component to a bottom surface of the fluid-filled chamber component; a midsole component inter-fitted with the plurality of lobes of the fluid-filled chamber, a plurality of projections of the midsole component extending through the plurality of channels of the fluid-filled chamber component, the midsole component forming a portion of a peripheral side surface of the sole structure; and a ground-contacting surface; wherein at least a first lobe of the plurality of lobes has an exposed distal end wall including a first facet having a first distance extending from a first edge proximate to the upper and in a direction away from the midsole component, and terminating at a facet edge, and a second facet having a second distance greater than the first distance extending from a second edge proximate to the ground-contacting surface and in a direction away from the midsole component, and terminating at the facet edge, the facet edge defining a projecting portion that extends further outward from the central portion of the fluid-filled chamber component than the portion of the peripheral side surface of the sole structure formed by the midsole component.