Nike Waffle Trainer
Nike Waffle Trainer
- Description
- The modern running shoe took shape in the 1960s and 1970s, when running enthusiasts at shoe companies started experimenting with improved designs. In 1972, Bill Bowerman applied for a patent on “an athletic shoe suitable for use on artificial turf . . . the sole has short multi-sided polygon shaped studs. . . which provide gripping edges that give greatly improved traction.” The sole’s design was inspired by his wife’s waffle iron which Bill subsequently ruined while using it to form his experimental rubber soles. Bowerman received his shoe patent number 3,793,750 on February 26, 1974 and Nike began producing the “waffle” trainers the same year.
- date made
- ca 1979
- maker
- Nike, Inc.
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- suede (overall material)
- nylon (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- rubber (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/4 in x 9 1/2 in x 13 5/8 in; 13.335 cm x 24.13 cm x 34.6075 cm
- ID Number
- 2014.3088.01
- catalog number
- 2014.3088.01
- nonaccession number
- 2014.3088
- patent number
- 4098011
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
