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Nike patents shoe sole design with internal frame and struts

Patent drawing from the official filing.

Nike has filed a patent for a shoe sole that uses a specific internal support structure. This design features a base and a top platform connected by vertical struts, with an outer layer attached to the frame. The filing describes how these components are arranged to form the bottom of a shoe.

Why it mattersThis is a routine improvement to shoe construction that focuses on the internal framework of the sole, which may affect how the shoe supports the foot.

In the filing’s own words

A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a first support module including one or more support frames each having a support frame base, a support frame platform disposed at an opposite end from the support frame base, and one or more struts extending between the support frame base and the support frame platform. The sole structure further includes an outsole layer attached to the support frame.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A sole structure for an article of footwear, the sole structure comprising: a first support module including (a) one or more support frames each having (i) a support frame base, (ii) a support frame platform disposed at an opposite end from the support frame base, and (iii) one or more struts extending between the support frame base and the support frame platform, and (b) an outsole layer attached to the support frame.

Facts

Company: Nike (NIKE, Inc.)
Official title: METHOD OF FORMING SOLE STRUCTURE FOR ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR
Publication number: US20260324801A1
Application number: 19646813
Filed: Apr 14, 2026
Published: Oct 22, 2026
Inventors: 3
Claims: 20

Classified under

A43B 13/184 Human necessitiesA43B 13/122 Human necessitiesA43B 13/22 Human necessitiesB29D 35/122 Operations & transportB29K 2105/04 Operations & transport

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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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