Boots – shoes – and leggings – Uppers
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-08
2008-07-08
Patterson, Marie (Department: 3728)
Boots, shoes, and leggings
Uppers
C036S029000, C036S088000, C156S292000, C156S308400
Reexamination Certificate
active
07395617
ABSTRACT:
An inflatable bladder for use in an article of footwear including a first sheet of a flexible fluid-impervious material and a second sheet of flexible fluid-impervious material. The first sheet and the second sheet are sealed along air-tight weld lines forming at least one narrow channel. The inflatable bladder includes an air passage device for maintaining air flow within the narrow channel. In one embodiment, the first sheet has an embossed interior surface to limit the contact between the first sheet and second sheet. Another embodiment includes the use of a mechanical device to separate the first sheet and the second sheet within a narrow channel. A method of manufacturing an inflatable bladder, a method of increasing localized air flow though a narrow channel of an inflatable bladder for use in an article of footwear and an article of footwear incorporating the inflatable bladder are also described.
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Christensen Brian
Davis Paul M.
Patterson Marie
Reebok International Ltd.
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
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