Footwear article with collar elevator

A footwear article comprising:

• an upper coupled to a sole and comprising an ankle collar that is movable between a lowered state positioned closer to the sole and a raised state positioned farther from the sole;
• a collar elevator operable to return the ankle collar from the lowered state to the raised state, the collar elevator comprised of a first lever arm having a proximal end and a distal end and a second lever arm having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the first lever arm proximal end is continuous with a base having a U-shaped element extending between the first lever arm proximal end and the second lever arm proximal end around a heel end of the sole, wherein the first lever arm distal end is independently moveable relative to the sole;
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• a heel pull at a heel end of the upper.

A footwear article comprising:

• an upper coupled to a sole and comprising an ankle collar that is movable between a lowered state positioned closer to the sole and a raised state positioned farther from the sole;
• a collar slide having a proximal end and a distal end, the collar slide proximal end extending from the ankle collar at an upper-most heel end of the ankle collar;
• a collar elevator operable to return the ankle collar from the lowered state to the raised state, the collar elevator comprised of a first lever arm having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the first lever arm distal end is independently moveable relative to the sole and the first lever arm extends from the sole towards the ankle collar in the raised state position at a first angle that is greater than a second angle defined by the collar slide relative to the sole also in the raised state position;
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• wherein the collar elevator further comprises a second lever arm having a proximal end and a distal end, and wherein the first lever arm proximal end is continuous with a base having a U-shaped element extending between the first lever arm proximal end and the second lever arm proximal end around a heel end of the sole.