Adjustment system for article of footwear
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsAustin J. Orand, Yen-Lin Lee, To-Chun Lin, Chih-Ta Chien, Richard Kristian Hansen, Chia-Chi Lin, Kimberly A. Sokol
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Abstract
An adjustment system for an article of footwear includes a body attached to an outer surface of the article of footwear and including a plurality of segments cooperating to define a chamber, the body movable between an elongated state and a collapsed state and a bladder attached to the article of footwear and defining an interior void in fluid communication with the chamber, the bladder movable from a relaxed state to a constricted state when the body is moved from the collapsed state to the elongated state.
Claims20
An adjustment system for an article of footwear, the adjustment system comprising:
- a body attached to an outer surface of the article of footwear and including a plurality of segments cooperating to define a chamber, the plurality of segments defined by complex folds defined along a length and width of the body, the complex folds including a compression fold that is defined at least in part by a longitudinal crease, the body movable between an elongated state and a collapsed state;
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- a bladder attached to the article of footwear and defining an interior void in fluid communication with the chamber, the bladder movable from a relaxed state to a constricted state when the body is moved from the collapsed state to the elongated state.
An article of footwear comprising:
- an upper;
- a body attached to the upper and including a plurality of substantially planar surfaces cooperating to define a chamber, the plurality of substantially planar surfaces defined by complex folds defined along a length and width of the body, the complex folds including a compression fold that is defined at least in part by a longitudinal crease, the body movable between an elongated state and a collapsed state;
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- a bladder attached to the upper and defining an interior void in fluid communication with the chamber, the bladder movable from a relaxed state to a constricted state when the body is moved from the collapsed state to the elongated state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.