US 12,064,014 B2Granted

Running shoe with adaptive upper material

AssigneeOn Clouds GmbH

InventorsOlivier Bernhard, Ilmarin Heitz, Dina Weisheit

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Abstract

A running shoe with a lateral side, a medial side, a heel section, a forefoot section, and a midfoot section. A front end of the forefoot section forms a toe box and a rear end of the heel section forms a heel counter. The running shoe includes a sole and an upper, wherein the upper has a textile main material. The running shoe has tightening bands with at least one compressing tightening band and tensioning bands with at least one compressing tensioning band. The tightening bands are arranged in the heel section and in the midfoot section of the running shoe and in the forefoot section. At least one tightening band is configured to exert an inwards-directed compression force when the shoe is worn and is configured to run along a non-expanding line (line of non-extension) of the foot of the wearer when the shoe is worn.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A running shoe (1) having a lateral side and a medial side, and comprising a heel area (FB), a forefoot area (VB), a midfoot area (MB), a shoe tip (4) and a heel edge (5), the running shoe (1) comprising:

a shoe sole (3) and an upper (2), wherein the upper (2) comprises a textile base material;
a group of tension straps comprising at least one compressive tension strap (11, 12, 13, 14), and a group of pulling straps comprising at least one compressive pulling strap (15, 16), the group of tension straps and the group of pulling straps being part of the upper (2) and optionally each extending into the shoe sole (3);
wherein the group of tension straps is arranged in the heel area (FB) and in the midfoot area (MB) of the running shoe and the group of pulling straps is arranged in the forefoot area (VB), and wherein the at least one tension strap (11, 12, 13, 14) is arranged along a non-expanding line (LONE) of a wearer's foot in a worn state and exerts an inwardly directed compression force;
wherein the group of tension straps comprises a first tension strap (11) extending from the medial side of the shoe sole (3) to the lateral side of the shoe sole (3) and being arranged in the midfoot area (MB) of the running shoe (1);
and
wherein the group of tension straps comprises a second tension strap (12), which extends on the medial side in the heel area (FB) and rises vertically from the shoe sole (3) at the heel edge (5) to the first tension strap (11).

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a shoe sole (3) and an upper (2), wherein the upper (2) comprises a textile base material;
a group of tension straps comprising at least one compressive tension strap (11, 12, 13, 14), and a group of pulling straps comprising at least one compressive pulling strap (15, 16), the group of tension straps and the group of pulling straps being part of the upper (2) and optionally each extending into the shoe sole (3);
wherein the group of tension straps is arranged in the heel area (FB) and in the midfoot area (MB) of the running shoe and the group of pulling straps is arranged in the forefoot area (VB), and wherein the at least one tension strap (11, 12, 13, 14) is arranged along a non-expanding line (LONE) of a wearer's foot in a worn state and exerts an inwardly directed compression force;
wherein the group of tension straps comprises a first tension strap (11) extending from the medial side of the shoe sole (3) to the lateral side of the shoe sole (3) and being arranged in the midfoot area (MB) of the running shoe (1);
and
wherein the group of tension straps comprises a third tension strap (13) running on the lateral side in the heel area (FB) and extending vertically ascending from the shoe sole (3) at the heel edge (5) to the first tension strap.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/621,775Filed 29 Jun 2020
Priority: CH 866/1928 Jun 2019
Published: US 2022/0240626 A14 Aug 2022
Granted: 20 Aug 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

A43B 23/0265
Characterised by the constructive form: having different properties in different directions
A43C 11/006
Fastenings fixed along the upper edges of the uppers: elastic fastenings
A43B 23/027
Having different properties in different directions: with a part of the upper particularly flexible, e.g. permitting articulation or torsion
A43B 23/227
Supports for the shank or arch of the uppers: fixed on the outside of the shoe