Adjustment device for article of apparel or footwear and related controls
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorSamantha Jean Hultgren
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Abstract
An adjustment system for a wearable article includes an adjustment element operable to form at least a portion of the wearable article and including a bladder including an interior void and a compressible component disposed within the interior void, and a control module operably coupled to the adjustment element and configured to translate the compressible component between a relaxed state and a constricted state by controlling a volume of fluid within the interior void in response to a condition-responsive parameter.
Claims20
An adjustment system for a wearable article, the adjustment system comprising:
- an adjustment element operable to form at least a portion of the wearable article and including (i) a bladder including an interior void and (ii) a compressible component disposed within the interior void;
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- a control module operably coupled to the adjustment element and configured to translate the compressible component between a relaxed state and a constricted state by controlling a volume of fluid within the interior void in response to a geographical location of the control module and a type of clothing worn in conjunction with the wearable article.
An adjustment system for a wearable article, the adjustment system comprising:
- an adjustment element operable to form at least a portion of the wearable article and including (i) a bladder including an interior void and (ii) a compressible component disposed within the interior void;
- and
- a control module operably coupled to the adjustment element and configured to translate the compressible component between a relaxed state and a constricted state by controlling a volume of fluid within the interior void in response to detecting a type of secondary wearable article used in conjunction with the wearable article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.