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US 12,564,247 B2Granted
Article of footwear with reel closure and slidable eyelet
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsBlake Rhulen, Carl L. Madore
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Abstract
An article of footwear includes an upper, a sole structure coupled to the upper, a plurality of string pairs, a plurality of eyelets, and a reel-based closure system. Each string pair includes a first string and a second string. Each eyelet slidably couples the first string to the second string of one of the plurality of string pairs, and each eyelet defines a first aperture and a second aperture. The reel-based closure system is operatively coupled to at least one of the first string or the second string of at least one of the plurality of string pairs.
Claims13
An article of footwear comprising:
- an upper;
- a sole structure coupled to the upper;
- a plurality of string pairs, each string pair including a first string and a second string;
- a plurality of eyelets, each eyelet slidably coupling the first string to the second string of one of the plurality of string pairs, wherein each eyelet comprises:
- an eyelet body defining a first arc-shaped aperture and a second arc-shaped aperture, the first arc-shaped aperture having a first radius of curvature, the second arc-shaped aperture having a second radius of curvature, and wherein the second radius of curvature is greater than the first radius of curvature, and wherein each of the first arc-shaped aperture and the second arc-shaped aperture has a respective normal unit vector, and wherein the normal unit vector of the first arc-shaped aperture and the normal unit vector of the second arc-shaped aperture are aligned along a common linear axis;
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- a reel-based closure system operatively coupled to at least one of the first string or the second string of at least one of the plurality of string pairs.
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