FOOTWEAR COUNTER FOR EASIER ENTRY AND REMOVAL

    公开(公告)号:EP4364601A3

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-19

    申请号:EP24162953.4

    申请日:2022-10-14

    摘要: An article of footwear includes an upper (16) and sole structure (14), and the upper (16) includes a foot receiving shoe opening. The article of footwear further includes a heel cup (52) attached to the upper (16) and extending from the sole structure (14) to at least a portion of the rear heel collar (74) of upper (16). Additionally, the heel cup (52) is uniformly molded with an upper portion (64), midportion (58), and lower portion (54) and the upper portion (64) has a smaller mediolateral length than the midportion (58), and the midportion (58) and lower portion (54) form a concave structure configured to receive the heel. The upper portion (64) has a first configuration and is capable of distorting into a second configuration under a load of a user's foot when the user is donning the footwear. In the second configuration, at least part of the upper portion (64) is lowered relative to the first configuration and the upper portion (64) is capable of returning to the first configuration after the load of the user's foot is removed. The midportion (58) includes a peripheral portion (70) having a first thickness and a central portion (50) having a second thickness, and the second thickness is less than the first thickness.

    SEGMENTED TUNNELS ON ARTICLES
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3935986A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-12

    申请号:EP21193163.9

    申请日:2016-12-06

    摘要: A tensioning system attached to a base layer, comprising: a first segmented tubular structure comprising a first tubular structure attached to the base layer and a second tubular structure attached to the base layer; wherein the first tubular structure includes a first tunnel and wherein the second tubular structure includes a second tunnel; wherein the first tubular structure is attached to the second tubular structure by a first connecting portion, the first tunnel being spaced apart from the second tunnel proximate the first connecting portion; a second segmented tubular structure comprising a third tubular structure attached to the base layer and a fourth tubular structure attached to the base layer; wherein the third tubular structure includes a third tunnel and wherein the fourth tubular structure includes a fourth tunnel; wherein the third tubular structure is attached to the fourth tubular structure by a second connecting portion, the third tunnel being spaced apart from the fourth tunnel proximate the second connecting portion; a tensile strand extending through the first tunnel, the second tunnel, the third tunnel, and the fourth tunnel; and wherein the first segmented tubular structure is spaced apart from the second segmented tubular structure.