Footwear lacing assembly
AssigneeKaepa, Inc.
InventorThomas M. Adams
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Abstract
This lacing assembly is for use with an article of footwear and includes lower and upper vamp sections connected by a single continuous lace. The lower vamp section includes opposed vamp portions having lace-receiving elements at the lower portion and upwardly adjacent lace-receiving locking elements fixedly attached to said vamp portions. The upper vamp section includes opposed vamp portions having lace receiving elements and the lower and upper vamp sections are secured by a single continuous lace. The opposed locking elements of the lower vamp permit the fit of the lower vamp section to be adjusted selectively and independently of the upper vamp sections.
Claims8
In a lacing assembly for an article of footwear:
- (a) a first vamp section including opposed vamp portions and a second vamp section, disposed upwardly adjacent of the first vamp section and including opposed vamp portions,
- (b) the first vamp portions including opposed lace-receiving means at the lower end thereof and a pair of opposed transversely spaced and separate lace-receiving locking means upwardly adjacent of said lace-receiving means each separate from the other and attached to an associated vamp portion,
- (c) the second vamp portions including a plurality of opposed lace receiving means, and
- (d) a single continuous lace having opposed side lengths, said side lengths being received by opposed lace-receiving means and said opposed lace-receiving locking means in said first vamp portions, and said side lengths extending between said first and second vamp sections and being received by opposed lace-receiving means in said second vamp portions, said lace being received by said lace-receiving locking means in selectively lockable relation to permit the first vamp section to be adjusted and maintained in adjustement substantially independently of the second vamp section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.