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US 7,685,747 B1Granted
Footwear architecture(s) and associated closure systems
AssigneeHatchbacks, Inc.
InventorsDavid W. Gasparovic, Daniel J. Richard
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Abstract
Footwear architecture(s) and associated closure systems. A footwear closure system is described with an anchor section, affixed to a forefoot portion of an upper of the footwear, and an engagement section, coupled with the anchor section through an elastomeric material, to removably engage a rearfoot portion of the upper of the footwear, securing the rearfoot portion to the forefoot portion.
Claims8
A footwear closure system comprising:
- a sole coupled to the upper including a forefoot sole and a rearfoot sole;
- a flexure member coupled between the forefoot sole and the rearfoot sole to flexibly couple the rearfoot sole to the forefoot sole, wherein the flexure member is less stiff than the forefoot sole and includes at least one channel;
- an anchor section, affixed to an upper connected to the forefoot sole;
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- an engagement section, coupled with the anchor section through an elastomeric material, to removably engage a rearfoot upper portion connected to the rearfoot sole, the engagement section to secure the rearfoot upper portion to the forefoot upper portion to enclose a foot of a wearer therein, wherein the engagement section forms a loop around the rearfoot upper portion such that a width of the engagement section is less than the width of the rearfoot upper portion.
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An article of footwear comprising:
- an upper including a forefoot portion and a rearfoot portion;
- a flexure member coupled between the forefoot sole and the rearfoot sole to flexibly couple the rearfoot sole to the forefoot sole, wherein the flexure member is less stiff than the forefoot sole and includes at least one channel;
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- a closure system including
- an anchor section, affixed to the upper forefoot portion;
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- an engagement section, coupled with the anchor section through an elastomeric material, to removably engage the forefoot upper to the upper rearfoot upper to enclose a foot of a wearer therein when engaged, wherein the engagement section forms a loop around the rearfoot upper portion such that a width of the engagement section is less than the width of the rearfoot upper portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.