Patent ID: 9220320
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A43B,A43C

Abstract:
1. An article of footwear, comprising: an upper configured to receive a foot; and a sole component fixedly attached to a bottom portion of the upper, the sole component including a baseplate, a first ground engaging member, a first support member, and a second support member; wherein the baseplate has a bottom surface, a forward region, an opposite rearward region, and a midfoot region disposed between the forward region and the rearward region, wherein the baseplate includes an outermost lateral peripheral edge that is continuous and diverts inwardly in a substantially horizontal direction toward a center of the baseplate to define a gap in the baseplate between a first protrusion of the baseplate and a second protrusion of the baseplate disposed in a lateral forefoot region; wherein the first ground engaging member is disposed on the first protrusion and has a first sidewall and a second sidewall extending substantially downward in a first direction from the bottom surface of the baseplate; wherein the first support member has a height extending in the first direction, a width, a length that is longer than the width, and a longitudinal axis extending along the length of the first support member, wherein the first support member abuts and extends from the first sidewall of the first ground engaging member; wherein the second support member has a height extending in the first direction, a width, a length that is longer than the width, and a longitudinal axis extending along the length of the second support member, wherein the second support member abuts and extends from the second sidewall of the first ground engaging member; wherein the height of the first support member tapers along the length of the first support member from a first height proximate the first sidewall to a second smaller height distal to the first sidewall such that the first support member tapers to a point on the bottom surface of the baseplate; wherein the height of the second support member tapers along the length of the second support member from a first height proximate the second sidewall to a second smaller height distal to the second sidewall such that the second support member tapers to a point on the bottom surface of the baseplate; wherein the longitudinal axis of the first support member extends in a substantially non-radial direction from an approximate center portion of the first ground engaging member; wherein the second support member extends in a substantially radial direction from the approximate center portion of the first ground engaging member; and wherein either the first support member or the second support member extends away from the first ground engaging member in a direction toward a portion of the outermost lateral peripheral edge defining the gap in the baseplate.