FOOTWEAR ARTICLE WITH COLLAR ELEVATOR
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240108098A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-04

    申请号:US18538762

    申请日:2023-12-13

    申请人: NIKE, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A43B11/00 A43B23/02 A43B23/08

    摘要: A footwear article includes a footwear upper defining a foot-receiving cavity with a heel region and defining an ankle opening, the footwear upper including an ankle collar at the ankle opening. The footwear article has a sole structure secured to the footwear upper and underlying the foot-receiving cavity, the sole structure including a strobel and a midsole. The footwear article including a collar support disposed inward of an exterior layer of the footwear upper at the heel region, and extending from the sole structure to the ankle opening. The ankle collar is movable from a raised state positioned farther from the sole to a lowered state positioned closer to the sole during donning, and wherein the collar support has a shoehorn structure operable to move a portion of the ankle collar rearward in a longitudinal direction as the ankle collar moves from the raised state to the lowered state.

    Footwear upper comprising stretch zones

    公开(公告)号:US11812820B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-14

    申请号:US17538824

    申请日:2021-11-30

    IPC分类号: A43B23/00 A43B23/02

    摘要: An upper of an article of footwear comprises a plurality of stretch zones each having a respective stretching capability. Suitable example stretch zones may include four-way stretch zones, two-way stretch zones, and/or lock-out zones. In some examples, an upper having a plurality of stretch zones comprises a single continuous piece of material configured to have regions of different stretching capability. The single piece of material may comprise a layered material having two stretchable outer layers, wherein a plurality of stretch zones of the piece of material are defined by corresponding intermediate layers disposed at selected locations between the outer layers. Examples of intermediate layers providing two-way stretch, four-way stretch, and little or no stretch are disclosed.