US 12,458,111 B2Granted

Footwear with alternate lacing systems

AssigneeCanada Goose Inc.

InventorsChristopher Anderson, Adam Meek, Oliver Saunders, Michael Edward Blackford

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Abstract

A footwear article includes (a) an upper having a tongue opening at a front thereof; (b) a gusseted tongue including a tongue panel positioned over the tongue opening and a pair of gussets attaching laterally opposite sides of the tongue panel to the upper; (c) a pair of tongue fasteners configured to selectively fasten and unfasten corresponding sides of the tongue panel to and from the upper; (d) a first lacing system on the upper and arranged for guiding lacing over the gusseted tongue and tongue fasteners when the sides of the tongue are fastened to the upper; and (e) a second lacing system on the tongue panel and arranged for guiding the lacing across the tongue panel clear of the tongue fasteners when the sides of the tongue panel are unfastened from the upper.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A footwear article comprising:

a) an upper;
b) at least one gusset in the upper;
c) at least one fastener configured to selectively expand and collapse the gusset for expanding and contracting, respectively, a foot-receiving opening of the footwear article;
d) a first lacing system on the upper and arranged for guiding lacing across the upper over the at least one gusset and the at least one fastener when the at least one gusset is collapsed, the first lacing system being located outboard of the at least one gusset;
and
e) a second lacing system being located inboard of the first lacing system and the gusset, the second lacing system arranged for guiding the lacing clear of the at least one gusset and the at least one fastener when the at least one gusset is expanded,
wherein the lacing is configured to be guided through the first lacing system when the at least one gusset is collapsed;
and
wherein the lacing is configured to be guided through-the second lacing system when the at least one gusset is expanded.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/388,284Filed 9 Nov 2023 · continuation
Priority: 16 Sep 2021
Published: US 2024/0074539 A17 Mar 2024
Granted: 4 Nov 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

A43B 3/04
Boots covering the lower leg: with rubber or elastic insertions or gussets
A43C 7/00
Holding-devices for laces
A43B 3/08
Shoes with flaps; Footwear with divided uppers: with rubber or elastic insertions or gussets
A43B 23/045
Uppers made of one piece; Uppers with inserted gussets: uppers with inserted gussets

Family

Application17/476,727Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Sep 2021
US 2024/0074539 A1Pre-grant publication · published 7 Mar 2024
US 11,849,812 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2023/0082391 A1Published application
US 12,458,111 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.