Patent 10098409 was granted and assigned to Nike, Inc. on October, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A pre-tensioned article and method of making an article of footwear involving pre-tensioning a sole structure during manufacturing. In some embodiments, the sole structure may include a plurality of apertures that provide an auxetic effect. In further embodiments, the upper may also be pre-tensioned in a similar manner as the sole structure.