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US 11,439,201 B2Granted
Pair of asymmetrical footwear articles
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorTobie D. Hatfield
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Abstract
A pair of shoes may be asymmetric between one another in various respects. For example, the left shoe may include a left-shoe wrapping panel non-releasably coupled to a left-shoe medial side and extending towards a left-shoe lateral side while the right shoe may include a wrapping panel non-releasably coupled to a right-shoe lateral side and extending towards a right-shoe medial side. The left-shoe wrapping panel may releasably couple to the left-shoe lateral side and the right-shoe wrapping panel may releasably couple to the right-shoe medial side. The left shoe and the right shoe may respectively include a left-shoe heel strap and a right-shoe heel strap. The left-shoe heel strap and a right-shoe heel strap each respectively wrap around, at least in part, a heel region of the left shoe and the right shoe.
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A pair of shoes comprising:
- a left shoe having a left-shoe medial side, a left-shoe lateral side, a left-shoe upper attached to a left-shoe sole along a left-shoe biteline, and a left-shoe wrapping panel, wherein the left-shoe wrapping panel includes a first portion that is non-releasably coupled to the left-shoe medial side at the left-shoe biteline, a second portion forming a terminal end of the left-shoe wrapping panel that releasably attaches onto an area of the left-shoe upper positioned opposite the first portion, and a flexible body between the first portion and the second portion;
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- a right shoe having a right-shoe medial side, a right-shoe lateral side, a right-shoe upper attached to a right-shoe sole along a right-shoe biteline, and a right-shoe wrapping panel, wherein the right-shoe wrapping panel includes a third portion that is non-releasably coupled to the right-shoe lateral side at the right-shoe biteline, a fourth portion forming a terminal end of the right-shoe wrapping panel that releasably attaches onto an area of the right-shoe upper positioned opposite the third portion, and a flexible body between the third portion and the fourth portion,
- wherein a foremost portion of the first portion of the left-shoe wrapping panel is non-releasably coupled in a forefoot region of the left-shoe upper and a rearmost portion of the first portion of the left-shoe wrapping panel is non-releasably coupled in a midfoot region of the left-shoe upper, a width of the flexible body between the first portion and the second portion tapering heelward in a direction normal to the direction of extension, and the second portion releasably attaching in the midfoot region opposite the first portion,
- wherein a foremost portion of the third portion of the right-shoe wrapping panel is non-releasably coupled in a forefoot region of the right-shoe upper, and a rearmost portion of the third portion of the right-shoe wrapping panel is non-releasably coupled in a midfoot region of the right-shoe upper, a width of the flexible body between the third portion and the fourth portion tapering heelward in a direction normal to the direction of extension, and the fourth portion releasably attaching in the midfoot region opposite the third portion.
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A pair of shoes comprising:
- a left shoe having a left-shoe medial side, a left-shoe lateral side, a left-shoe upper attached to a left-shoe sole along a left-shoe biteline, a first left-shoe wrapping panel, and a second left-shoe wrapping panel,
- wherein the first left-shoe wrapping panel includes a first portion non-releasably coupled at the left-shoe biteline to the left-shoe medial side in a forefoot region and a second portion forming a first terminal end of the first left-shoe wrapping panel that is releasably coupled to a first area of the left-shoe upper positioned opposite the first portion in a midfoot region,
- wherein the first left-shoe wrapping panel tapers continuously from the first portion to the second portion, and
- wherein the second left-shoe wrapping panel includes a third portion non-releasably coupled at the left-shoe biteline to the left-shoe medial side heelward of the first portion and a fourth portion forming a second terminal end of the second left-shoe wrapping panel that is releasably coupled to a second area of the left-shoe upper positioned opposite the third portion;
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- a right shoe having a right-shoe medial side, a right-shoe lateral side, a right-shoe upper attached to a right-shoe sole along a right-shoe biteline, a first right-shoe wrapping panel, and a second right-shoe wrapping panel,
- wherein the first right-shoe wrapping panel includes a fifth portion non-releasably coupled at the right-shoe biteline to the right-shoe lateral side in a forefoot region and a sixth portion forming a third terminal end of the first right-shoe wrapping panel that is releasably coupled to a third area of the right-shoe upper positioned opposite the fifth portion in a midfoot region,
- wherein the first right-shoe wrapping panel tapers continuously from the fifth portion to the sixth portion, and
- wherein the second right-shoe wrapping panel includes a seventh portion non-releasably coupled at the right-shoe biteline to the right-shoe lateral side heelward of the fifth portion and an eighth portion forming a fourth terminal end of the second right-shoe wrapping panel that is releasably coupled to a fourth area of the right-shoe upper positioned opposite the seventh portion.
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A pair of shoes comprising:
- a left shoe comprising
- a left-shoe medial side, a left-shoe lateral side, a left-shoe heel region, and a left-shoe mid-foot region;
- a left-shoe wrapping panel that is non-releasably coupled to the left-shoe medial side in the left-shoe mid-foot region and, the left-shoe wrapping panel including a terminal end that releasably attaches to another area of the left shoe positioned opposite the left-shoe medial side;
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- a left-shoe heel strap having a first end that is non-releasably coupled at a left-shoe biteline in the left-shoe heel region, a second end that releasably attaches to the left shoe, and a flexible body that wraps at least partially around the left-shoe heel region;
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- a right shoe comprising
- a right-shoe medial side, a right-shoe lateral side, a right-shoe heel region, and a right-shoe mid-foot region;
- a right-shoe wrapping panel that is non-releasably coupled to the right-shoe lateral side at a right-shoe biteline in the right-shoe mid-foot region and, the right-shoe wrapping panel including a terminal end that releasably attaches to another area of the right shoe positioned opposite the right-shoe lateral side;
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- a right-shoe heel strap having a first end that is non-releasably coupled in the right-shoe heel region, a second end that releasably attaches to the right shoe, and a flexible body that wraps at least partially around the right-shoe heel region.
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