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US 12,667,167 B2Granted
Article of footwear having a twist fastener
AssigneePuma SE
InventorsReinhold Sussmann, Andreas Siegismund
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Abstract
An article of footwear has an upper and a fastener. The upper is attached to a sole structure. The fastener includes a handle disposed within a first cavity formed at a heel end of the sole structure. The handle is operably coupled to a cable that extends along the sole structure from a heel region to a midfoot region of the footwear. When the handle is rotated, the article of footwear is tightened or loosed within the midfoot region.
Claims14
An article of footwear, comprising:
- an upper attached to a sole structure;
- and
- a fastener including an actuator mechanism disposed within a first cavity formed at a heel end of the sole structure, wherein the actuator mechanism is operably coupled to a plurality of cables including a first cable that extends along the sole structure from a heel region to a midfoot region of the article of footwear and extends from the sole structure to a portion of the upper,
- wherein the fastener includes a winding assembly having a first core and a second core that are configured to store a portion of the plurality of cables, and wherein rotation of the actuator mechanism is configured to rotate the first cable within the first core and the second core to tighten or loosen the article of footwear within the midfoot region.
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An article of footwear, comprising:
- an upper attached to a sole structure;
- and
- a fastener including an actuator mechanism disposed at a heel end of the sole structure and a plurality of cables including a first cable extending from the sole structure to a portion of the upper, wherein the actuator mechanism is operably connected to the first cable, wherein the fastener includes a toggle that is configured to be rotated to selectively adjust the fastener between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration,
- wherein the fastener includes a winding assembly having a shaft that operably connects the actuator mechanism to the first cable, and wherein rotation of the actuator mechanism in a first direction causes rotation of the shaft that applies a tensioning force on the first cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.