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US 7,913,427 B2Granted
Article of footwear for riding
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsD'Wayne Edwards, Sean M. McDowell, Julia Roether
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Abstract
An article of footwear for riding is disclosed. The article includes a second portion of an upper having a second coefficient of friction that is greater than a first coefficient of friction associated with a first portion of an upper. The article further includes a detachable spur member configured to attach to a heel counter of the article.
Claims20
An article of footwear configured for riding, comprising:
- an outer layer;
- a heel counter that is disposed away from a heel of the footwear;
- a first connector and a second connector associated with the heel counter, the first connector including a first thread receiving portion and the second connector including a second thread receiving portion;
- the first connector and the second connector being disposed at different positions away from the heel, wherein the second connector is disposed further from the heel than the first connector;
- a detachable spur member including a body portion and a threaded portion;
- wherein the threaded portion is configured to separately engage the first thread receiving portion and the second thread receiving portion and thereby selectively connect the spur member to the heel counter at one of the first thread receiving portion and the second thread receiving portion;
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- wherein the first connector and the second connector are each disposed between the heel counter and the outer layer.
5 more elements
An article of footwear configured for riding, comprising:
- an outer layer;
- a heel counter that is disposed away from a heel of the footwear;
- a connector associated with the heel counter, the connector including a barreled portion, the barreled portion including a thread receiving portion configured to connect a detachable spur member to the heel counter;
- and
- wherein the connector has a flange portion that extends radially outward from the barreled portion, and the flange portion is configured to fix the connector between the heel counter and the outer layer.
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An article of footwear configured for riding, comprising:
- a heel counter that is disposed away from a heel of the footwear;
- a first connector and a second connector associated with the heel counter, the first connector including a first barreled portion having a first thread receiving portion and the second connector including a second barreled portion having a second thread receiving portion;
- the first connector and the second connector being disposed at different positions away from the heel;
- wherein the first thread receiving portion and the second thread receiving portion are each configured to individually connect a spur member to the heel counter at different positions;
- wherein the first connector includes a first flange portion that extends radially outward from the first barreled portion and the second connector includes a second flange portion that extends radially outward from the second barreled portion;
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- wherein the first flange portion is configured to anchor the first connector on the heel counter and the second flange portion is configured to anchor the second connector on the heel counter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.