NIKE, Inc.
Adjustable foot support systems including fluid-filled bladder chambers

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Abstract:

Foot support systems for articles of footwear or other foot-receiving devices include a compressor or other gas source used to control gas pressure provided in one or more pressure adjustable fluid-filled bladders used to support a wearer's foot. Additional features relate to fluid flow control systems and methods that include a plurality of valves to control an inflation configuration for supplying gas to the one or more adjustable fluid filled bladders or a deflation configuration for releasing gas from the one or more adjustable fluid filled bladders.

Status:
Grant
Type:

Utility

Filling date:

20 Aug 2018

Issue date:

9 Nov 2021