Footwear article with tongue reinforcer

    公开(公告)号:US11633016B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US17482809

    申请日:2021-09-23

    申请人: NIKE, Inc.

    摘要: A footwear article includes a tongue and a tongue reinforcer, which helps the tongue maintain a shape and position when the tongue is subjected to forces or adjustments, such as from other footwear-article elements or from a wearer. For example, the tongue reinforcer may help the tongue maintain a shape and position when a wearer is inserting his or her foot into the footwear article or when medial and/or lateral quarters press inward on the tongue.

    FOOTWEAR ARTICLE CAPABLE OF HANDS-FREE DONNING

    公开(公告)号:US20230016825A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-19

    申请号:US17950798

    申请日:2022-09-22

    申请人: NIKE, Inc.

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

    摘要: A footwear article includes a collar slide that is conducive to hands-free donning to secure the wearer's foot during wear. A footwear article capable of hands-free donning comprises a sole including a ground-contacting surface and a foot-facing surface and an upper having a heel region. The footwear article also includes a strobel, the strobel affixed to the foot-facing surface of the sole and a collar elevator comprising a heel structure, the collar elevator connected with the strobel and coupled with the upper in the heel region. The collar elevator includes a collar slide forming a ramp interface during a donning operation.

    HEEL STRUCTURE WITH LOCATING PEGS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR

    公开(公告)号:US20220400816A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-22

    申请号:US17895188

    申请日:2022-08-25

    申请人: NIKE, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A43B23/02 A43B23/08 A43B23/20

    摘要: A footwear article includes an upper defining apertures spaced apart from one another in a first arrangement. A heel structure has a deformable element attached to a base. The deformable element has pegs spaced apart from one another in the first arrangement and extending through the apertures in the upper. A method of manufacturing a footwear article includes placing a deformable element between an inner layer and an outer layer of an upper and attaching the deformable element to a rigid base. The deformable element includes at least one peg extending outward toward the outer layer. The method includes inserting the peg through the outer layer so that the peg extends through the outer layer and is exposed at an exterior surface of the outer layer. After inserting the peg of the footwear element through the outer layer of the upper, the peg is secured at the exterior surface of the outer layer.

    Shoe having counter
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11490691B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-08

    申请号:US17253345

    申请日:2019-01-24

    申请人: ASICS Corporation

    IPC分类号: A43B23/08 A43B23/02 A43B7/20

    摘要: A shoe including: an upper, wherein an upper edge of a topline is defined by a medial line and a lateral line; and a counter, wherein an upper edge is defined, at a position downward of the upper edge of the topline, by first counter line on a medial side and a second counter line, which protrude downward, wherein: a medial height difference is defined by a difference in a height direction between a first point at a lowermost point on the medial line and a second point at a lowermost point on the first counter line; a lateral height difference is defined by a difference in the height direction between a third point at a lowermost point on the lateral line and a fourth point at a lowermost point on the second counter line; and the lateral height difference is greater than the medial height difference.

    RAPID-ENTRY FOOTWEAR HAVING A SPLIT BACK

    公开(公告)号:US20220287406A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-15

    申请号:US17827952

    申请日:2022-05-30

    申请人: FAST IP, LLC

    摘要: A rapid-entry shoe having a heel counter to prevent inward deflection of a rear portion of the upper, but the heel counter having a vertical slit to permit downward deflection of the rear portion of the upper, so as to expand a perimeter of an opening of the shoe to receive a foot and thereby facilitate donning and doffing of the rapid-entry shoe.

    FOOTWEAR HEEL SUPPORT DEVICE
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220053884A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-24

    申请号:US17516762

    申请日:2021-11-02

    申请人: NIKE, Inc.

    摘要: An article of footwear includes an upper defining a foot-receiving cavity with a heel region, and a heel support device extending around the rear of a heel region from a lateral side to a medial side. The heel support device may include a plurality of slats and a base, the plurality of slats providing a progressive gradient of lengths and/or widths, and/or one or more pegs extending from the device for attachment to a footwear upper, and/or an elongated tip that may be disposed in a cavity of an extension of a heel collar of the upper.

    Footwear heel support device
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11191321B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-07

    申请号:US16751508

    申请日:2020-01-24

    申请人: NIKE, Inc.

    摘要: An article of footwear includes an upper defining a foot-receiving cavity with a heel region, and a heel support device extending around the rear of a heel region from a lateral side to a medial side. The heel support device may include a plurality of slats and a base, the plurality of slats providing a progressive gradient of lengths and/or widths, and/or one or more pegs extending from the device for attachment to a footwear upper, and/or an elongated tip that may be disposed in a cavity of an extension of a heel collar of the upper.

    POWDER APPLICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING STIFFENING ELEMENTS FROM PULVEROUS MATERIAL

    公开(公告)号:US20210331357A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-28

    申请号:US17311867

    申请日:2019-12-04

    申请人: RHENOFLEX GMBH

    摘要: A powder application apparatus for an at least partially meltable powder to be applied onto a feeding element for producing reinforcing elements comprises a powder container. In the area of an outlet of the powder container a template for defining a basic shape of a reinforcing element to be produced is provided. Further, a closing device for opening and closing the outlet is provided. For producing reinforcing elements having different stiffness, barrier elements in particular connected with the template are provided. The barrier elements reduce the powder supply to the feeding element such that a reinforcing element with areas of different material thickness are created. A method for producing such a reinforcing element.