Shoe having adjustable cushioning system
CA 2124368 C · Owner: Nike International Ltd. · Inventors: Potter, Daniel R.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A cushioning element for use in a shoe is disclosed. The cushioning element includes four fluid-filled support chambers which are compressible but not collapsible and which are disposed at different locations throughout the midsole of the shoe. The element also includes four variable volume fluid reservoir chambers which are collapsible to reduce the volume thereof. The reservoir chambers are controllably linked in fluid communication with the support chambers so as to be selectively in full communication with or isolated from the support chambers. By selectively isolating one or more of the reservoir chambers from one or more of the support chambers and collapsing the isolated chamber, …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed May 26, 1994 and granted September 21, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 26, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 26, 2016.
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