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US 9,706,813 B2Granted
Shoe with lacing storage pocket
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsElizabeth Langvin, Nadia Panian
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Abstract
A shoe having a sole and an upper including a tongue, secured to the sole, a row of eyelets along each side of the tongue, including topmost eyelets and foremost eyelets, and a pocket accessory which includes a pocket member that has an anchor portion and a pocket flap which defines a pocket for receiving the knotted shoe lace via a pocket opening. There may be a cover member attached to the shoe, which can removably engage the pocket member to cover or expose the pocket opening. The pocket member may be sewn to the tongue of the shoe or attached thereto otherwise.
Claims18
A shoe comprising:
- a sole;
- an upper secured to the sole, the upper including a tongue and a row of eyelets along each side of the tongue, each row of eyelets including a topmost eyelet and a foremost eyelet;
- and
- a pocket accessory on the tongue, the pocket accessory including a pocket member and a cover member, wherein the pocket member comprises, a top edged attached to the tongue, an anchor portion spaced from the top edge and attached to the tongue, and a pocket flap between the top edge and the anchor portion, the pocket flap defining a pocket, the pocket having a pocket opening which is positioned between the rows of eyelets, and wherein the cover member comprises a mounting portion and a cover flap, the mounting portion being attached to the anchor portion at a point below the pocket opening, and the cover flap being flexibly joined to the mounting portion such that the cover flap can be disposed against the pocket flap to cover the pocket opening and can be pivoted away from the pocket flap to expose the pocket opening.
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A shoe comprising:
- a sole;
- an upper secured to the sole, the upper including a tongue and a row of eyelets adjacent each side of the tongue, each row of eyelets including a topmost eyelet and a foremost eyelet;
- and
- a pocket accessory including a pocket member and a cover member, wherein the pocket member comprises:
- a top edged attached to the tongue;
- an anchor portion spaced from the top edge and attached to the tongue;
- and
- a pocket flap between the top edge and the anchor portion, the pocket flap defining a pocket having a pocket opening positioned between the topmost eyelets of each row of eyelets;
- and wherein the cover member comprises:
- a mounting portion secured to the anchor portion at a point below the pocket opening;
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- a cover flap flexibly attached to the mounting portion such that the cover flap can be moved between a closed position and an open position, wherein when in the closed position the cover flap covers the pocket opening and releasably attaches the cover flap to the pocket member, and wherein when in the open position the pocket opening is exposed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.