HEEL STRUCTURE WITH LOCATING PEGS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR

A heel structure for an article of footwear having at least a foot-receiving cavity, a heel and a base, comprising: a deformable element having a lower end configured to be coupled to the base, wherein the deformable element is capable of movement between an uncollapsed configuration and a collapsed configuration with respect to the base; and at least one peg extending outward from the deformable element; wherein the at least one peg is configured to extend away from the foot-receiving cavity, through an outer layer of the article of footwear, to be exposed at an outer surface of the outer layer, wherein the at least one peg is securable at the outer surface. A method of manufacturing an article of footwear having at least an upper and a sole structure, the method of manufacturing comprising: positioning a deformable element, having at least one peg extending outwardly, relative to the upper such that the at least one peg extends toward an outer layer of the upper; inserting the at least one peg of the deformable element through the outer layer of the upper so that the at least one peg extends through the outer layer and is exposed at an exterior surface of the outer layer; attaching a lower portion of the deformable element to the sole structure; and securing the at least one peg at the exterior surface of the outer layer. A method of manufacturing a heel structure for an article of footwear, the article of footwear having at least an upper, having a heel portion, and a sole structure, the method of manufacturing comprising: placing a deformable element between an inner layer of the upper and an outer layer of the upper in the heel portion of the upper, wherein the deformable element includes at least one peg extending outward toward the outer layer; inserting the at least one peg of the deformable element through the outer layer of the upper so that the at least one peg extends through the outer layer and is exposed at an exterior surface of the outer layer; attaching the deformable element to a portion of the sole structure; and securing the at least one peg at the exterior surface of the outer layer.