Lacing system
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsKatelyn Bruce, Piero Fenato, Kevin W. Hoffer, Daniel A. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Kilgore, Peter Lam, Jeffrey C. Spanks
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Abstract
A lace-receiving assembly includes a substrate, a first sheet, and a lace guide. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first sheet includes a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface. The third surface is bonded to the first surface to define a channel extending between the substrate and the first sheet. The lace guide is disposed within the channel.
Claims20
A lace-receiving assembly comprising:
- a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;
- a first sheet having a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface, the third surface bonded to the first surface to define a channel extending between the substrate and the first sheet;
- and
- a lace guide defined within the channel.
An article including a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and an opening between the first side and the second side, the article comprising:
- a first lace-receiving assembly disposed on the first side and including:
- a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;
- a first sheet having a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface, the third surface bonded to the first surface to define a first channel extending between the first substrate and the first sheet;
- and
- a first lace guide disposed within the first channel;
- and
- a second lace-receiving assembly disposed on the second side and including:
- a second substrate having a fifth surface and a sixth surface opposite the fifth surface;
- a second sheet having a seventh surface and an eighth surface opposite the seventh surface, the seventh surface bonded to the fifth surface to define a second channel extending between the first substrate and the first sheet;
- and
- a second lace guide disposed within the second channel.
A method of manufacturing a lace-receiving assembly, the method comprising:
- providing a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;
- bonding the first surface to a third surface of a first sheet to define a channel extending between the substrate and the first sheet;
- and
- positioning a lace guide within the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.