Patent ID: 8181365
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. An article of footwear comprising: an upper structure including a heel portion and a forefoot portion; a plate attached to a bottom surface of said upper structure; a sole structure attached to said plate and including a first portion associated with said heel portion and a second portion associated with said forefoot portion, said first portion including a wall formation having a continuous structure with a series of peaks disposed proximate to and in contact with said plate and a series of valleys cooperating with said peaks to define a plurality of pockets formed through said wall formation, said plurality of pockets each including a continuous taper extending from an outer surface of said wall formation to an inner surface of said wall formation that provides each of said plurality of pockets with a decreasing volume from said outer surface to said inner surface; and a central opening defined by said wall formation and exposing a bottom surface of said plate; wherein said inner surface of said wall formation forms said central opening.