Patent ID: 8689467
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: A43B,A43C,A43D

Abstract:
1. An article of footwear, comprising: a sole structure including a side portion, a lower portion and a lower periphery disposed between the side portion and the lower portion; the side portion extending from the lower periphery to an upper periphery of the sole structure, thereby forming a vertical sidewall of the sole structure; a first slot disposed in the side portion and a second slot disposed in the lower portion, wherein the first slot extends from an outer surface of the side portion to a central portion of the sole structure; wherein the first slot has a first depth and a second depth, wherein the second depth is disposed further from the upper periphery than the first depth and wherein the second depth is greater than the first depth; a first connecting portion extending from the central portion of the sole structure to the lower periphery, the first connecting portion separating the first slot from the second slot; a second connecting portion extending to an upper periphery of the sole structure and wherein the first connecting portion is joined to the second connecting portion at the central portion of the sole structure; wherein the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are visible through the first slot; the outer surface of the side portion having a first color and the connecting portion having a second color that is different from the first color; and wherein a portion of the connecting portion is visible through the first slot.