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US 2020/0345108 A1Published application
Method for lacing a shoe, particularly a sports shoe
AssigneePuma SE
InventorsMarkus Bock, Randolph Maussner
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Abstract
A shoe is disclosed that includes an upper having a closure mechanism that is arranged for lacing the shoe by at least one tensioning element, a rotatably arranged tensioning roller disposed within the closure mechanism, the tensioning roller being driven by an electric motor, and a closing button in communication with a control system for generating a closing signal that is configured to actuate the electric motor to lace the shoe. The closure mechanism is configured to tighten the shoe with a first level of lacing power when a first closing signal is generated and tighten the shoe with a second level of lacing power when a second closing signal is generated.
Claims20
A shoe, comprising:
- an upper having a closure mechanism that is arranged for lacing the shoe by at least one tensioning element,
- a rotatably arranged tensioning roller disposed within the closure mechanism, wherein the tensioning roller is driven by an electric motor, and
- a closing button in communication with a control system for generating a closing signal, which is configured to actuate the electric motor to lace the shoe,
- wherein the closure mechanism is configured to:
- tighten the shoe with a first level of lacing power when a first closing signal is generated that results in a first tension of the at least one tensioning element, wherein the first closing signal is a single tap on the closing button, which is followed by a first predetermined waiting time, after which the electric motor rotates the tensioning roller to achieve the first tension, and
- tighten the shoe with a second level of lacing power when a second closing signal is generated that results in a second tension of the at least one tensioning element that is different than the first tension, wherein the second closing signal is a double tap on the closing button, wherein the double tap occurs within a predetermined following time, and is followed by a second predetermined waiting time, after which the electric motor rotates the tensioning roller to achieve the second tension,
- wherein the predetermined following time is less than the first predetermined waiting time and the second predetermined waiting time.
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A shoe, comprising:
- an upper;
- a closure mechanism that is arranged for lacing the shoe by at least one tensioning element, a rotatably arranged tensioning roller disposed within the closure mechanism, wherein the tensioning roller is driven by an electric motor, and
- a closing button that is in communication with a control system for generating a closing signal, which is configured to actuate the electric motor to lace the shoe,
- wherein the closure mechanism is configured to:
- tighten the shoe when a first closing signal is generated that results in a first tension of the at least one tensioning element, wherein the first closing signal is a single tap on the closing button, which is followed by a first predetermined waiting time, after which the electric motor rotates the tensioning roller to achieve the first tension, and
- tighten the shoe when a second closing signal is generated that results in a second tension of the at least one tensioning element that is different than the first tension, wherein the second closing signal is a double tap on the closing button, wherein the double tap occurs within a predetermined following time, and is followed by a second predetermined waiting time, after which the electric motor rotates the tensioning roller to achieve the second tension,
- wherein the predetermined following time is less than the first predetermined waiting time and the second predetermined waiting time.
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A shoe, comprising:
- an upper comprising a closure mechanism that is arranged for lacing the shoe by means of at least one tensioning element,
- a tensioning roller disposed within the closure mechanism, wherein the tensioning roller is driven by an electric motor, and
- a closing button that is in communication with a control system configured to actuate the electric motor,
- wherein the closure mechanism is configured to:
- tighten the shoe with a first level of lacing power when a first closing signal is generated that results in a first tension of the at least one tensioning element, the first closing signal being followed by a first predetermined waiting time, after which the electric motor rotates the tensioning roller to achieve the first tension, and
- tighten the shoe with a second level of lacing power when a second closing signal is generated that results in a second tension of the at least one tensioning element that is different than the first tension, the second closing signal being different than the first closing signal and occurring within a predetermined following time, the second closing signal being followed by a second predetermined waiting time, after which the electric motor rotates the tensioning roller to achieve the second tension,
- wherein the predetermined following time is less than the first predetermined waiting time and the second predetermined waiting time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.