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US 2019/0335846 A1Published application
Footwear article having cord structure
AssigneeFuerst Group, Inc.
InventorsRory Fuerst, JR., Stefano Del Biondi
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Abstract
A footwear article is provided herein. The footwear article may include a cord structure including interconnected bights in a vamp cord and a rand cord forming a loop line extending along at least a portion of the footwear article, and further including an anchor cord extending along the portion of the footwear article and parallel to the loop line. The rand cord may couple to the anchor cord. In this way, the cord structure may be tensioned independently of other upper materials.
Claims20
A footwear article, comprising:
- an upper, at least a portion of which is formed via two or more slippably-engaged and intertwined cords configured to at least partially enclose a foot, wherein the two or more slippably-engaged and intertwined cords form a loop line extending around the upper from a medial side to a lateral side, and wherein one cord of the two or more slippably-engaged and intertwined cords is engaged with an anchor cord traversing a portion of the upper, wherein the anchor cord is parallel to at least a portion of the loop line and positioned in the upper.
A footwear article, comprising:
- a sole;
- an upper coupled to the sole, the upper comprising a cord structure, the cord structure comprising at least two cords intertwined with each other via a plurality of loops to form a loop line, a first cord of the at least two cords of the cord structure engaged with an anchor cord, the anchor cord parallel to the loop line and positioned below the loop line, the upper further comprising a lace cord laced through lace loops formed by a second cord of the at least two cords.
A footwear article, comprising:
- a looped upper with cords forming a structure configured to enclose a foot, the cords in the upper in slippable engagement with respect to one another, a first cord of the cords further engaged with an anchor cord positioned away from a sole coupled to the upper, wherein the first cord of the cords forms a first plurality of loops and a second cord of the cords forms a second plurality of loops, wherein a loop of the first plurality of loops is in slippable engagement with at least two loops of the second plurality of loops, and wherein a loop of the second plurality of loops is in slippable engagement with at least two loops of the first plurality of loops, wherein the slippable engagement of the first plurality of loops and the second plurality of loops forms a loop line parallel to the anchor cord, the anchor cord positioned at the upper between the loop line and the sole, wherein the first cord forms a third plurality of loops engaged with the anchor cord.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.