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US 12,458,109 B2Granted
Footwear article with wear guard
AssigneeKeen, Inc.
InventorRory W. Fuerst
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Abstract
A footwear article is provided comprising a wear guard, wherein the wear guard includes bellows. In at least one example, the bellows are spaced away from a toe of the footwear article. In one or more examples, the bellows extend along an edge of a lacing structure of the footwear article. Additionally or alternatively, the bellows may be positioned adjacent to a tongue of the footwear article.
Claims20
A footwear article, comprising:
- a wear guard, the wear guard including bellows, wherein the bellows are spaced away from a toe of the footwear article,
- wherein the wear guard further comprises an extension at a medial portion of the wear guard, wherein the extension extends from a portion of the wear guard at a metatarsal phalangeal joint region of the footwear article towards the toe of the footwear article, and
- wherein the extension is trapezoidal in shape and is narrower in width than the portion of the wear guard at the metatarsal phalangeal joint region of the footwear article.
A footwear article, comprising:
- a wear guard structured with bellows, the bellows extending to an edge of the wear guard,
- wherein an entire perimeter of the wear guard is spaced away from an outsole of the footwear article,
- wherein the bellows extend along an edge of a lacing structure of the footwear article, and
- wherein the bellows are positioned between the lacing structure and a toe of the footwear article.
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A footwear article, comprising:
- a wear guard, the wear guard comprising bellows, wherein the bellows are positioned adjacent to a tongue of the footwear article,
- wherein the wear guard further comprises an extension at a medial portion of the wear guard, wherein the extension extends from a portion of the wear guard at a metatarsal phalangeal joint region of the footwear article towards a toe of the footwear article, and
- wherein the extension is trapezoidal in shape and is narrower in width than the portion of the wear guard at the metatarsal phalangeal joint region of the footwear article, and
- wherein the bellows extending to an edge of the wear guard, and wherein an entire perimeter of the wear guard is spaced away from an outsole of the footwear article.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.