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US 2014/0360050 A1Published application
Footwear with Internal Harness
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsShane S. Kohatsu, Alexandre Baudouin
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Abstract
An article of footwear may include one or more harnesses to restrain a wearer foot from transverse movement within an upper during a rapid sideways maneuver. One harness may be located in a lateral forefoot region. Another harness may be located in medial region and may include a midfoot and/or a hindfoot region.
Claims21
(canceled)
An article of footwear comprising:
- a sole structure;
- an upper attached to the sole structure and defining an interior above the sole structure, the interior including a footbed;
- a first strap located in the interior and having a first fixed portion, a first pulling portion and a first wrapping portion extending between the first fixed and pulling portions, wherein the first fixed portion is attached and substantially immovable relative to the sole structure in a midfoot region of the footbed, and wherein the first wrapping portion is unattached to the upper or sole structure, extends across the footbed and extends upward along a medial interior side of the upper;
- a second strap located in the interior and having a second fixed portion, a second pulling portion and a second wrapping portion extending between the second fixed and pulling portions, wherein the second fixed portion is attached and substantially immovable relative to the sole structure in a hindfoot region of the footbed, and wherein the second wrapping portion is unattached to the upper or sole structure, extends across the footbed and extends upward along the medial interior side of the upper;
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- a tensioning element coupled to the first and second pulling portions.
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An article of footwear comprising:
- a sole structure;
- an upper attached to the sole structure and defining an interior above the sole structure, the interior including a footbed;
- a forward strap extending across the footbed and an interior medial side of the upper, through a medial side opening of the upper, and to an exterior of the article, wherein a fixed portion of the forward strap is laterally displaced from a medial edge of the footbed and is immovable relative to the sole structure in a midfoot region, and wherein a portion of the forward strap between the fixed portion and the medial side opening is unattached to the upper or sole structure;
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- a rear strap extending across the footbed and the interior medial side of the upper, through the medial side opening of the upper, and to the exterior of the article, wherein a fixed portion of the rear strap is laterally displaced from the medial edge of the footbed and is immovable relative to the sole structure in a hindfoot region, and wherein a portion of the rear strap between the fixed portion and the medial side opening is unattached to the upper or sole structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.