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US 11,076,657 B2Granted
Article with zoned lacing system and method of lacing an article
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorArick Auyang
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Abstract
A lacing system of an article includes two laces that are routed through the article of footwear to provide two distinct fastening zones. A first lace can be routed through a first set of lace-receiving passages in a first fastening zone of a body of the article, and a second lace can be routed through a second fastening zone of the body. A method of lacing an article includes routing the first lace and the second lace through the lace-receiving passages of the respective zones.
Claims17
An article of footwear comprising:
- a body having an exterior, a longitudinal midline, a first portion, and a second portion opposite the first portion along the longitudinal midline;
- and
- a lacing system including:
- a first set of rows of lace-receiving passages in a first zone of the body;
- a second set of rows of lace-receiving passages in a second zone of the body;
- wherein each of the rows of the first set and the second set includes a lace-receiving passage on the first portion and a lace-receiving passage on the second portion;
- a first lace routed through each of the lace-receiving passages of the first set and having a first end and a second end both exiting from lace-receiving passages in a row of the first set that is nearest the second set;
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- a second lace routed through each of the lace-receiving passages of the second set and having a first end and a second end both exiting from lace-receiving passages in a row of the second set that is nearest the first set;
- wherein the first lace and the second lace are each arranged in an asymmetric configuration across the longitudinal midline on the exterior such that the first lace and the second lace are routed in a different configuration on the medial side of the article of footwear than on the lateral side of the article of footwear, and wherein each of the lace-receiving passages of the first and second set of rows are arranged in a symmetrical configuration across the longitudinal midline on the exterior.
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An article of footwear comprising:
- an upper having an exterior, a longitudinal midline, a first portion, and a second portion opposite the first portion along the longitudinal midline;
- and
- a lacing system including:
- a first set of rows of lace-receiving passages in a first zone of the upper;
- a second set of rows of lace-receiving passages in a second zone of the upper;
- wherein each of the rows of the first set and the second set includes a lace-receiving passage on the first portion and a lace-receiving passage on the second portion;
- a first lace routed through each of the lace-receiving passages of the first set and having a first end and a second end both exiting from lace-receiving passages of the first set in a row of the first set that is nearest the second set;
- and
- a second lace routed through each of the lace-receiving passages of the second set and having a first end and a second end both exiting from lace-receiving passages of the second set in a row of the second set that is nearest the first set;
- wherein the first lace and the second lace are each arranged in an asymmetric configuration across the longitudinal midline on the exterior such that the first lace and the second lace are routed in a different configuration on the medial side of the article of footwear than on the lateral side of the article of footwear, and wherein each of the lace-receiving passages of the first and second set of rows are arranged in a symmetrical configuration across the longitudinal midline on the exterior.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.