Presented are footwear sole structures with foot-cushioning insoles movably mounted onto impact-attenuating midsoles, methods for making/using such sole structures, and footwear fabricated with such sole structures. A multilayered sole structure assembly includes an insole movably mounted on a midsole. The midsole is formed with a first compressible material and includes opposing upper and lower midsole surfaces, multiple protrusions projecting from the upper midsole surface, and multiple pockets recessed into the upper midsole surface and interleaved with the midsole protrusions. The insole, which is formed with a second compressible material distinct from the first compressible material, includes opposing upper and lower insole surfaces, multiple protrusions projecting from the lower insole surface and interleaved with the midsole protrusions, and multiple pockets recessed into the lower insole surface and interleaved with the insole protrusions. Each midsole protrusion nests within a respective insole pocket, while each insole protrusion nests within a respective midsole pocket.

A sole structure including a first layer and a second layer is disclosed. The first layer includes a set of apertures arranged in an auxetic configuration that permits the first layer to exhibit a first auxetic behavior. The second layer includes a set of projections arranged in an auxetic configuration that permits the second layer to exhibit a second auxetic behavior. The first layer and the second layer may be joined together in a manner that allows the first auxetic behavior to occur independently of the second auxetic behavior.

An article of footwear includes an injection molded outsole of a first material having a durometer reading of at least 28 to at most 38 on the Asker C scale, an injection molded insole of a second material having a durometer reading of at least 28 to at most 38 on the Asker C scale, and an upper, at least a section of a peripheral edge of the upper being sandwiched between the insole and the outsole.

The present disclosure is directed to articles that include one or more coated fiber(s) (i.e., fiber(s) with a cured coating disposed thereon), where the coating includes a matrix of crosslinked polymers and optionally a colorant (e.g., pigment particles or dye or both). The cured coating is a product of crosslinking a coating composition including uncrosslinked polymers (e.g., a dispersion of uncrosslinked polymers in a carrier, wherein the uncrosslinked polymers are crosslinked to form the matrix of crosslinked polymers). The present disclosure is also directed to articles including the coated fibers, methods of forming the coated fibers and articles, and methods of making articles including the coated fibers.

The present disclosure is directed to articles that include a cured coating that includes a matrix of crosslinked polymers and optionally a colorant (e.g., pigment particles or dye or both). The cured coating can include a matrix of crosslinked polymers. The cured coating is a product of crosslinking a coating composition comprising uncrosslinked polymers (e.g., a dispersion of uncrosslinked polymers in a carrier to form the matrix of crosslinked polymers), wherein the uncrosslinked polymers are crosslinked to form the matrix of crosslinked polymers. The matrix of crosslinked polymers can be elastomeric. The present disclosure is also directed to articles including these bladders, methods of forming these bladders, and methods of making articles including these bladders, where the bladders include the cured coating.

Footwear or other foot-receiving devices include various conforming fit, stability, and/or locked down feel features. The uppers (or foot-covering components) for such articles of footwear (or other foot-receiving devices) may include one or more of: (a) an upper shell defining an interior chamber, wherein the upper shell includes a plantar support surface and sidewalls extending from an outer perimeter of the plantar support surface; (b) a bootie component (e.g., formed as a sock or sock-like garment) received in the interior chamber; (c) one or more foot wrapping bands; and/or (d) an interior midsole within the bootie component. The bootie component and/or the foot wrapping band(s) may be secured to the upper shell at a location inside an outer perimeter of the plantar support surface of the upper shell and beyond the bight line between the sidewalls of the upper and the plantar support surface.

An insole, outsole, shoe sole or a shoe formed with the disclosed layered sole includes a small layered sheet including a specific layered sheet. The shoe sole may be formed to include a small layered sheet provided at any one or two or more places of a front foot portion, a middle foot portion or a rear foot portion of the shoe sole, or is provided across two or more positions of the front foot portion, the middle foot portion or the rear foot portion of the shoe sole, the small layered sheet formed of a layered sheet of a plurality of cloths wherein; the cloths formed of a strand of an oriented thermoplastic resin; and the plurality of cloths are integrated by heating and compressing.

Footwear with a modular sole assembly having an insole portion connected to an upper. The insole portion can have a compressible lattice with interconnected laths to provide support for the wearer's foot. A midsole portion is connected to the insole portion and has a midsole perimeter portion that interfaces with the insole perimeter portion. The midsole portion is modularly affixed to the insole portion. An outsole portion is connected to the midsole portion. First locking features are integrally formed along the lower perimeter portion of the upper or along the insole perimeter portion. Second locking features are integrally formed along the midsole portion and configured to releasably mate with the first locking features and fixedly hold the midsole portion together with the insole portion and the upper without use of cement bonding or other adhesive material.

A sole structure includes a first support extending along a first axis transverse to a ground-engaging surface of the sole structure and having a first outer sheath including a first sheath material and a first core including a first core material. The sole structure further includes a second support extending along a second axis transverse to the ground-engaging surface of the sole structure and having a second outer sheath including a second sheath material and a second core including a second core material.

A sole structure includes a first support extending along a first axis transverse to a ground-engaging surface of the sole structure and having a first outer sheath including a first sheath material and a first core including a first core material. The sole structure further includes a second support extending along a second axis transverse to the ground-engaging surface of the sole structure and having a second outer sheath including a second sheath material and a second core including a second core material.