An article of footwear has an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure includes a chamber that encloses a pressurized fluid. The chamber includes subchambers laterally extending in a medial to lateral direction of the bladder. A bottom surface of the chamber may include at least one bond that laterally extends across the bottom surface of the chamber from one side edge to another side edge of the chamber in the medial to lateral direction. The bond may cooperate with an indentation in the bottom surface that separates one subchamber from an adjacent subchamber. A diameter of the subchambers may decrease in a direction from a heel region of the bladder to a forefoot region of the chamber.

An uncured or partially cured foxing tape (10) comprises: a two-layer structure of a base foxing tape (11) and an uncrosslinked or partially crosslinked adhesive (12), wherein the base foxing tape (11) comprises an uncured or partially cured rubber, wherein the base foxing tape (11) has a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the uncrosslinked or partially crosslinked adhesive (12) is in contact with the uncured or partially cured rubber on the second side of the base foxing tape (11), wherein the uncrosslinked or partially crosslinked adhesive (12) comprises: an uncured or partially cured rubber; a tackifying resin; and a filler.

A boot that includes a rubber sole, and an upper portion attached to the rubber sole. The upper portion is made from rubber. The rubber sole includes a layer of aerogel material for an interior section of the boot. The layer of aerogel material covers the interior portion of the rubber sole along with a front part of the boot such that the layer of aerogel material contacts a sole of a foot of a wearer while also surrounding the toes of the wearer. In certain embodiments, the layer of aerogel material has a thickness ranging from 0.1 millimeters to 20 millimeters.

An apparatus for scraping a surface. The apparatus includes an attachment element to attach to a cleaning tool, and a scraper element. The scraper element is coupled to the attachment element and includes a blade member and a guard member. The leading edge of the blade member is used to scrape the surface, while the guard member is disposed along one or more lateral edges of the blade member. A corresponding system and method are also disclosed and claimed herein.

A chassis part for connecting upper part and a sole part of an article of footwear with a flange structure, a sole part and an article of footwear comprising a chassis part and a method for joining an upper and sole are disclosed. The chassis part comprises a base portion and a flange portion at the periphery of the chassis part. The base portion is arranged on a lower level than the flange portion and provides at least one cavity on the upper side of the chassis part and at least one downward extending portion on the underside of the chassis part. The at least one cavity is arranged to accommodate filler material, the at least one downward extending portion is arranged for engagement with the sole part, and the flange portion is arranged for joining to a flange portion of the upper part.

Disclosed herein are articles of footwear including an upper, a plate including a first polyolefin resin, and a rand are disclosed herein. The rand is coupled with the surface of the upper, the surface of the plate, or both. The rand is more flexible or less rigid than the plate. Methods of making articles of footwear are also provided.

Disclosed herein are articles of footwear including an upper, a plate including a first polyolefin resin, and a rand are disclosed herein. The rand is coupled with the surface of the upper, the surface of the plate, or both. The rand is more flexible or less rigid than the plate. Methods of making articles of footwear are also provided.

A separable footwear article may comprise an outsole oriented at the bottom of the footwear and configured for ground contact, the outsole comprising a first material; an upper portion releasably coupled to the outsole with thread using chain stitching, the upper portion comprising a second material different from the first material; and an insole removeably disposed adjacent the upper portion and the outsole, the insole comprising a third material different from the first material and the second material; wherein the outsole, the upper portion, and insole are capable of being separated by releasing the thread and hand pulling the thread from the footwear article.

Methods of forming an article of footwear using a multipart strobel structure and a resulting article of footwear comprising an upper with a transition strip are described. The transition strip that has an outer perimeter edge, an inner perimeter edge, and a width between the outer perimeter edge and the inner perimeter edge, with the inner perimeter edge defining an internal opening of the transition strip, and the inner strobel that has an outer perimeter edge. The inner strobel is positioned in an overlapping relationship with the transition strip and temporarily attached.

A shoe includes a sole, an upper, and a welt. The sole and upper define a seam. The welt overlies the seam. The sole includes flex grooves. The upper includes perforations. The welt includes flex slits.