Article of footwear with closure system having a transverse flap with cables

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11324283-B2
Application number	US-202016842012-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 7, 2020
Priority date	Apr 6, 2018
Publication date	May 10, 2022
Grant date	May 10, 2022

Abstract

An article of footwear includes an upper having a body with a first side and a second side, and a closure system for the upper. The closure system includes a first anchoring cable loop fixed at the first side, a flap, a flap cable loop, and a lace. The flap is fixed to the second side and extends across the body to a free end at the first side. The flap has an aperture extending through the flap. A flap cable loop extends from the free end. The flap cable loop is configured to extend from the free end through the first anchoring cable loop, and from the first anchoring cable loop back to the flap and through the aperture in the flap from an inner side to an outer side of the flap. A lace extends through the looped end of the flap cable at the outer side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An article of footwear comprising:
an upper having a body with a first side and a second side;
a closure system for the upper including
a flap fixed to the second side of the body and configured to extend across the upper to a free end at the first side of the body;
a flap cable loop secured to the flap and extending from the free end of the flap to an opening at the first side of the body, through the opening at the first side of the body back to the flap, and through the flap from an inner side of the flap to an outer side of the flaps; wherein the flap has a first aperture through which the flap cable loop extends, and the flap has a second aperture spaced transversely along the flap from the first aperture; and

the closure system further including an anchoring cable loop fixed at the second side of the body and configured to extend through the second aperture from the inner side of the flap to the outer side of the flap.

2. The article of footwear of claim 1 , further comprising:
a sole structure fixed to the upper; and
an additional anchoring cable loop extending from the sole structure at the first side of the body and forming the opening at the first side of the body.

3. The article of footwear of claim 2 , wherein:
the anchoring cable loop extends from the sole structure at the second side of the body and at the outer side of the flap.

4. The article of footwear of claim 2 , wherein:
the additional anchoring cable loop extending from the sole structure at the first side of the body is a first anchoring cable loop;
the anchoring cable loop fixed at the second side of the body is a second anchoring cable loop;
the first anchoring cable loop is one of a set of first anchoring cable loops spaced along the first side of the body in a longitudinal direction of the article of footwear and the opening is one of a set of openings at the first side of the body, each formed by a respective one of the first anchoring cable loops;
the first aperture in the flap is one of a set of first apertures spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction and each extending through the flap; and
the flap cable loop is one of a set of flap cable loops each extending from the free end of the flap and configured to extend through a respective one of the openings, and then through a respective one of the first apertures in the flap from the inner side of the flap to the outer side of the flap.

5. The article of footwear of claim 1 , wherein the upper further includes a tongue disposed between the first side of the body and the second side of the body and configured to extend under the flap.

6. The article of footwear of claim 1 , wherein:
the flap cable loop is one of a set of flap cable loops each extending from the free end of the flap;
the free end of the flap has a plurality of fingers; and
each of the flap cable loops extends from a respective one of the fingers.

7. The article of footwear of claim 6 , wherein the flap cable loops are portions of a single flap cable that extends along an edge of the free end of the flap.

8. The article of footwear of claim 6 , wherein the fingers are tapered.

9. The article of footwear of claim 1 , wherein the first side is a lateral side of the body of the upper, the second side is a medial side of the body of the upper, and the flap is fixed to the upper in a midfoot region on the medial side and extends over the upper to the lateral side.

10. The article of footwear of claim 9 , wherein a forward edge of the flap is fixed to the body of the upper between the first side and the second side.

11. The article of footwear of claim 1 , wherein the body of the upper is a first material with a first elasticity, and the flap is a second material with a second elasticity that is less than the first elasticity.

12. The article of footwear of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first anchoring cable fixed at the first side of the body; and
wherein the opening at the first side of the body is formed by the first anchoring cable.

13. The article of footwear of claim 12 , further comprising:
a sole structure fixed to the upper; wherein the first side of the body has an aperture, and the first anchoring cable extends from the sole structure and through the aperture in the first side of the body.

14. The article of footwear of claim 12 , wherein:
the flap has a first aperture through which the flap cable loop extends, and the first aperture in the flap is one of a set of first apertures spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal direction and each extending through the flap; and
the first anchoring cable defines a set of first anchoring cable loops spaced along the first side of the body in the longitudinal direction of the article of footwear.

15. The article of footwear of claim 14 , wherein the flap has a set of second apertures spaced transversely along the flap from the set of first apertures, and the closure system further including:
a set of second anchoring cable loops fixed at the second side of the body and each configured to extend through a respective one of the second apertures.

16. An article of footwear comprising:
an upper having a body with a first side and a second side;
a closure system for the upper including:
a flap fixed to the second side of the body and configured to extend across the upper to a free end at the first side of the body; and
a flap cable loop secured to the flap and extending from the free end of the flap to an opening at the first side of the body, through the opening at the first side of the body back to the flap, and through the flap from an inner side of the flap to an outer side of the flap;

wherein:
the flap cable loop is one of a set of flap cable loops each extending from the free end of the flap;
the free end of the flap has an edge defining a plurality of tapered fingers; and
each of the flap cable loops extends from a respective one of the tapered fingers.

17. The article of footwear of claim 16 , wherein the flap cable loops are portions of a single flap cable that extends along and tracks the edge of the free end of the flap following the tapered fingers.

Assignees

• Nike Inc

Inventors

• Houng Derek
• Nethongkome Benjamin
• Wassinger Adam

Classifications

• A43C1/04

  with rings or loops · CPC title

• A43B23/0245

  characterised by the constructive form · CPC title

• A43C11/22

  Fastening devices with elastic tightening parts between pairs of eyelets, e.g. clamps, springs, bands · CPC title

• A43C11/20

  Fastenings with tightening devices mounted on the tongue · CPC title

• A43C11/1493

  Strap fastenings having hook and loop-type fastening elements · CPC title